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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

1500-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, painted in blue, turquoise, black and dark purple against white, depicting a seated musician wearing a Safavid taj, and female dancer with castanets


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
White earthenware, underglaze-painted in colours over a white slip
Brief description
Dish, earthenware underglaze-painted in colours over white slip, depicting a seated musician and dancer, 'Kubachi' ware, Iran, 1500-1600
Physical description
Dish, painted in blue, turquoise, black and dark purple against white, depicting a seated musician wearing a Safavid taj, and female dancer with castanets
Dimensions
  • Height: 32cm
  • Depth: 8cm
Styles
Gallery label
DISH White earthenware painted in underglaze colours over a white slip. Scene with seated musician and dancer. So- called 'KUBACHI' ware. NORTH PERSIAN; about 1550(Used until 11/2003)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Lane, Arthur. Later Islamic Pottery. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 133p., ill. Pages 79, 93, plate 53B
  • Lisa Golombek, 'The Mystery of Kubachi Wares', Proceedings of the Third European COnference of Iranian Studies, Part 2 Medieval and Modern Persian Studies, Wiesbaden 1999, pp. 407-17, p. 412.
Collection
Accession number
C.11-1952

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Record createdNovember 18, 2003
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