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Dish
(12th century)
- Medium
- earthenware (Lakabi ware)
- Measurements
- 7.6 × 41.1 × 40.0 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Kashan, Iran
- Accession Number
- 994-D4
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
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- 17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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The term lakabi, or laqabi, from the Persian word la’ābī (enamel), is a type of ware produced in Egypt, Syria and Iran on which the decoration is partly incised, preventing coloured glazes, including cobalt blue, from running into each other. Mainly large plates or dishes survive, and this example depicts an enthroned sovereign or dancer accompanied by two musicians and two animals. It reveals Iranian and Chinese influences, particularly in the long-sleeved robe worn by the main figure – a style also seen in Tang dynasty Chinese ceramic figures of Central Asian dancers.
- Physical description
- Two musicians and dancer on platform, two blue beasts foreground. Lakabi ware. Blue, aubergine, turquoise, amber.