the bulbous body on a tall splayed foot with long flaring neck, lug handles around the shoulder, the amber glass decorated in polychrome enamels with a large band of inscription to the shoulder, the neck with further band of inscription, the interstices with bands containing scrolling floral and foliate vines
37 cm. high

Footnotes

Inscriptions: around the neck, 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan a/l-mal[ik] al-nasir al-'alim al-'[a]/dil al-mujahid al-mura[bit] al-mathaghir, "Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, al-Malik al-Nasir, the learned, the just, the Holy Warrior, the Defender, the Protector [of frontiers]"; around the shoulder, 'izz li-mawlana/ al-sultan /al-malik a/l-nasir al-'a/lim al-'a/dil al-mujahid, "Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, al-Malik al-Nasir, the learned, the just, the Holy Warrior"; and on the lower part of the body, waqafa 'ala al-ribat al-muba[ra]k al-musharrafa (?) abu'l-k/ al-karim ..... taqabbal allah ... al-waqif / lahu .... bi'l-khayr wa al-rahma wa al-ghufran ..., "Endowed to the blessed, honoured ribat Abu'l-Karim .... may God accept ... the one who endowed, upon him ... goodness, mercy and forgiveness ...".

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A Mamluk style enamelled glass Mosque Lamp Europe, 20th Century

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