Publication Date
Shortly after the year 686 AH/shortly after the year 1285 AD
Publication Place
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Glass, brown, hand blown, folded legs, glued handles, enamelled and gold plated.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع : 26.4 سم ، قطر الإطار : 21 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
17.190.985
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;10;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
Shortly after the year 686 AH/shortly after the year 1285 AD
Notes
The Mamluk princes adopted emblems of their state, often linked to their ceremonial roles, at court, which decorated the objects and buildings they ordered to be made. Here there are two golden crossbows against a red shield, which indicate that the owner of this lamp held the high rank of banduqadar (i.e., priest official) in the Mamluk court. The inscription says that the lamp was commissioned for the tomb of Aydkin al-Ala’i al-Bunduqdari, who died in Cairo in 1285.
Sample Text
“Mosque lamp for the tomb of Emir Aydakin Al-Ala’i Al-Bunduqdari” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;10;ar
