A MAMLUK REVIVAL GREEN GLASS HANGING MOSQUE LAMP Levant or...
A MAMLUK REVIVAL GREEN GLASS HANGING MOSQUE LAMP
Levant or Europe, 19th century
With a bulbous, globular body surmounted by a truncated neck with an everted rim, fitted with three suspension loops and chains.
26.5cm high
Plain glass mosque lamps formed part of the Islamic lighting tradition from an early date. Although the Mamluk period is best known for its elaborately enamelled and gilded examples, undecorated lamps were also produced. Mamluk glass lamps were exported, notably to Venice, where they inspired a local production of comparable vessels in the 16th and 17th centuries. This Venetian output partly compensated for the marked decline of Egyptian glass production during the second half of the 16th century.
For similar examples:
Clairmont, C. W., Benaki Museum Catalogue of Ancient and Islamic Glass, Athens, 1977, no. 516, pl. XXXI.
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Acc. No. 332-1900.
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Property of a private collector.
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A MAMLUK REVIVAL GREEN GLASS HANGING MOSQUE LAMP
Levant or Europe, 19th century
With a bulbous, globular body surmounted by a truncated neck with an everted rim, fitted with three suspension loops and chains.
26.5cm high
Plain glass mosque lamps formed part of the Islamic lighting tradition from an early date. Although the Mamluk period is best known for its elaborately enamelled and gilded examples, undecorated lamps were also produced. Mamluk glass lamps were exported, notably to Venice, where they inspired a local production of comparable vessels in the 16th and 17th centuries. This Venetian output partly compensated for the marked decline of Egyptian glass production during the second half of the 16th century.
For similar examples:
Clairmont, C. W., Benaki Museum Catalogue of Ancient and Islamic Glass, Athens, 1977, no. 516, pl. XXXI.
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Acc. No. 332-1900.
Provenance:
Property of a private collector.
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Time, Location
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