Mosque Lamp
1347 - 1361 (made)
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Mosque lamp, gilded and enamelled glass, the body decorated with Arabic thuluth inscription in red outline reserved against blue ground, the neck decorated with Arabic thuluth in blue against white and red plant scrolls
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glass, blown with applied foot replaced in 19th century, gilded and enamelled |
| Brief description | Mosque lamp, gilded and enamelled glass, Egypt, 1347-1361 |
| Physical description | Mosque lamp, gilded and enamelled glass, the body decorated with Arabic thuluth inscription in red outline reserved against blue ground, the neck decorated with Arabic thuluth in blue against white and red plant scrolls |
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| Gallery label | Made for a building of al-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, (1347-1361). The foot is a modern replacement attached by a metal band after the original was broken. It is the wrong shape, and should flare outwards. |
| Other number | 8258 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 327-1900 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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