25cm hand painted ceramic plate with graceful figure of a dancing dervish and Persian calligraphy "Nastaliq" framed with "tazhib".

Hand-painted 25 cm ceramic plate with a graceful figure of a whirling dervish in turquoise framed by a golden "tazhib" border on a white background and with calligraphic elements "nastaliq" in Persian along the drawing, depicting the mystical meditation whirling ceremony known as Sema, a dance of love and unity. This has been part of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2008 in the Turkey section.

The term “dervish” comes from the Persian درویش, just as the spiritual movement of Sufism, of which they are members, originated in Persia. The Mevlevi order of Turkey is very famous, founded by the disciples of the famous Persian poet and scholar Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi in the 13th century and based in Konya, where his tomb and museum can be visited.