A MAMLUK-REVIVAL GLASS MOSQUE LAMP
19th CENTURY
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
Description
of bulbous form with trumpet mouth on a splayed foot, with six suspension rings, colourless glass with a brown tinge enamelled in red, blue and green, with three registers, the lower register [foot] bearing emblems containing a double Eagle, alternating with trefoil motifs, the central register bearing wide inscriptions in thuluth, the upper register with further wide inscriptions in thuluth alternating with roundels bearing diminutive lines of inscriptions
Dimensions
39cm (15 3/8in) high, max diameter 22cm (8 5/8in)
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of a senior diplomat.
Footnote
Note:
This striking mosque lamp is inspired by an original Mamluk glass mosque lamp. The neck aptly bears parts of verses from the Qur’an’s ‘Chapter of Light’ and the body bears benedictory sayings to the Mamluk ruler, Sultan Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalaun.
For an original Mamluk mosque lamp with almost identical decoration in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see access. no. 17.190.991.