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Lot 95W

A pair of Mamluk style enamelled glass Mosque Lamps
Europe, 20th Century
(2)

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £23,750 inc. premium

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A pair of Mamluk style enamelled glass Mosque Lamps
Europe, 20th Century

the bulbous bodies on short splayed feet with long flaring necks, lug handles around the shoulders, the clear glass decorated in gilt and polychrome enamels with a large bands of inscription to the shoulders and necks, the interstices with bands containing undulating floral vines and roundels containing flowerheads
44 cm. high(2)

Footnotes

Inscriptions: around the neck, 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-makhd[u]mi al-nasir nasir al-din muha[mma]d/ al-'al[a]'i al-..., "Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the well-served, the victorious, Nasir al-Din Muhammad al-'Ala'i the ..."; around the shoulder, ['izz] li-mawlana a/l-sultan al-ma/lik al-'a/lim al-'adi[l]/al-malik al-nasir 'azza nasrahu ('izz), "Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the King, the Learned, the Just, al-Malik al-Nasir may his victory be glorified"; the word 'izz "glory" is written at the end of the text.

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