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A large Mamluk style enamelled glass mosque lamp Europe, 20th Century image 1
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Lot 128

A large Mamluk style enamelled glass mosque lamp
Europe, 20th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,096 inc. premium

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A large Mamluk style enamelled glass mosque lamp
Europe, 20th Century

of typical form on a splayed foot, six suspension loops to body, decorated in polychrome enamel and gold with inscriptions on a ground of foliate interlace, the neck with inscriptions interspersed by heraldic medallions, the lower body with further heraldic roundels and scrolling foliate vines, the foot with scrolling foliate vines interspersed by roundels
52 cm. high

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Provenance
Bonhams, Islamic Works of Art Including the Egee Art Collection, 17 October 2001, lot 510.
Private UK collection.

Inscriptions: parts of Qur'an, chapter XXIV (al-nur) and possibly al-maqarr, 'authority'.

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