THE UPPER SECTION OF A MAMLUK MOSQUE LAMP EGYPT, PERIOD...
THE UPPER SECTION OF A MAMLUK MOSQUE LAMP
EGYPT, PERIOD OF SULTAN HASAN (R. 1347-61 WITH INTERRUPTIONS)
Of typical flaring form, the surface decorated in thick enamels with a bold cobalt inscription on gilt ground with scrolling white vine issuing red and green leaves, the inscription interrupted by roundels with red titular inscriptions between scrolls on blue ground, a band below with a red and gilt band of fish and foliate motifs interrupted by small lotus roundels, repaired and completed with clear acrylic infill
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) high; 10 ¼in. (26cm.) diam. at mouth
Provenance
Collection of Tammaro de Marinis (1878-1969), Florence
Literature
In large blue thulth, Qur’an XXIV, v.35 (part)
The blazons, ‘izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik, ‘Glory to our lord, the sultan, the king’
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THE UPPER SECTION OF A MAMLUK MOSQUE LAMP
EGYPT, PERIOD OF SULTAN HASAN (R. 1347-61 WITH INTERRUPTIONS)
Of typical flaring form, the surface decorated in thick enamels with a bold cobalt inscription on gilt ground with scrolling white vine issuing red and green leaves, the inscription interrupted by roundels with red titular inscriptions between scrolls on blue ground, a band below with a red and gilt band of fish and foliate motifs interrupted by small lotus roundels, repaired and completed with clear acrylic infill
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) high; 10 ¼in. (26cm.) diam. at mouth
Provenance
Collection of Tammaro de Marinis (1878-1969), Florence
Literature
In large blue thulth, Qur’an XXIV, v.35 (part)
The blazons, ‘izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik, ‘Glory to our lord, the sultan, the king’
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
