Publication Date
The middle of the eighth century AH / the middle of the fourteenth century AD
Publication Place
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Subject
Glass, freely handcrafted using tools, handles added, enamelled and gold plated.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 37.5 سم القطر : 29.2 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
50.28.4
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus21;11;ar
Library Location
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Date
The middle of the eighth century AH / the middle of the fourteenth century AD
Notes
The Mamluks were amazing patrons of the arts who took a special interest in creating religious buildings, which were furnished with all manner of beautiful paraphernalia, including lamps such as this one. According to the inscriptions on the lower part of the lamp, it was ordered to be made: By order of the ruler, the most noble, the glorified, the venerable, the sovereign, and the bearer of the sword, Sheikh Al-Nasiri, who was previously owned by Sultan Al-Nasser Muhammad. In the upper and lower sections of the lamp there is a symbol or blazon of the first Sheikh in the form of a circular medallion holding a red cup placed between a red and black rod. He is known to have built a mosque and khan in Cairo in the middle of the fourteenth century, and this lamp is most likely to be It was made for one of these buildings.
Sample Text
"Lamp" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus21;11;ar
