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The shallow dish is conical and stands on a low foot. The four figures at its centre exemplify the twelfth-century Seljuk-Persian aesthetic of the 'moon-faced beauty'. The vigorous naskh inscription scratched through the lustre on the rim is a Persian verse on the pangs of unrequited love and may or may not relate to the subject of the scene represented: ‘Oh you, whose will it is to hurt me for years and months, You are free from me and glad at my anguish, You vowed not to break your promise again, It is I who have caused this breach. Oh beloved, through you many have come to life, From grief over you, many hearts and eyes have bled. You are like and idol in hardness of heart, out of utter helplessness, Your equal has become the dust of your feet.
The Khalili Collections
London
Title
Shallow Dish with Four Figures
Date
early 13th C
Medium
stonepaste ware, painted in chocolate lustre over an opaque white glaze
Accession number
392
Work type
Ceramic
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