Publication Date
Eighth century AH / fourteenth century AD
Publication Place
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Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Subject
Glass, enamel, gold; Gilding, blown glass, application
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 27.5 سم، القطر: 24 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
GL.1.1999
Record ID
object;EPM;qt;Mus21;14;ar
Library Location
Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Date
Eighth century AH / fourteenth century AD
Notes
This mosque lamp belongs to an ancient group of glass lamps, likely made for the Mamluk Sultan Al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Hassan (734-763 AH/1334-1361 AD). An unusual feature of this lamp is a panel of stylized Kufic calligraphy, alternating with thuluth inscriptions, on which we read: “What was made for His Majesty, the Most High, the servant of the Lord, the Great Prince, the Owner.” Around and below the lamp's body are six repeated inscriptions of the word "the world."
Sample Text
Tara Desjardins “Mosque Lamp” from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;14;ar
