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A bowl in the shape of a mosque lamp with Arabic inscriptions
(وعاء بشكل مصباح مسجد ذو نقوش عربية)

Title	A bowl in the shape of a mosque lamp with Arabic inscriptions
Title Original	وعاء بشكل مصباح مسجد ذو نقوش عربية
Publication Date:	931-47 AH / 1525-40 AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Pottery dough, painted in multiple colors under clear glaze
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 17 سم ، القطر الأعظمي : 14.8 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	59.69.3
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;32;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	931-47 AH / 1525-40 AD
Notes	With its delicate spiral body design, this small bowl belongs to a group of ceramics that were formerly called Golden Horn vessels, but current scholars prefer the term Tograx or Togra style for such decoration, comparing its design with the spiral vines that decorated the tughra of the Caliphate. During this period, the shapes of the pottery often imitated the shapes of metalwork, but this piece imitates the glass mosque lamps that often show Arabic inscriptions.
Sample Text	“A bowl in the shape of a mosque lamp with Arabic inscriptions” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;32;ar

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A bowl in the shape of a mosque lamp with Arabic inscriptions

(وعاء بشكل مصباح مسجد ذو نقوش عربية)

Publication Date 931-47 AH / 1525-40 AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Pottery dough, painted in multiple colors under clear glaze

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 17 سم ، القطر الأعظمي : 14.8 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 59.69.3

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;32;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date 931-47 AH / 1525-40 AD

Notes With its delicate spiral body design, this small bowl belongs to a group of ceramics that were formerly called Golden Horn vessels, but current scholars prefer the term Tograx or Togra style for such decoration, comparing its design with the spiral vines that decorated the tughra of the Caliphate. During this period, the shapes of the pottery often imitated the shapes of metalwork, but this piece imitates the glass mosque lamps that often show Arabic inscriptions.

Sample Text “A bowl in the shape of a mosque lamp with Arabic inscriptions” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;32;ar