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A Mamluk style emamelled glass mosque lamp by Jacques-Philippe Imberton France, dated 1895 image 1
A Mamluk style emamelled glass mosque lamp by Jacques-Philippe Imberton France, dated 1895 image 2
Property from the collection of Dr. Mohammad Said Farsi
Lot 82

A Mamluk style emamelled glass mosque lamp by Jacques-Philippe Imberton
France, dated 1895

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

£4,000 - £6,000

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A Mamluk style emamelled glass mosque lamp by Jacques-Philippe Imberton
France, dated 1895

of compressed globular form with splayed foot and long flaring neck, five suspension loops to body, decorated in polychrome and gold with a band of pseudo-inscription to the body, above and below arabesques, the base signed 'J.P. Imberton, 1895', old Sotheby's label to base
36.7 cm. high

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Provenance
Property from the private collection of Dr Mohammad Said Farsi and thence by descent to the present owner.

Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi was the Mayor and then Lord Mayor of Jeddah in the 1970s and 1980s, where he played a crucial role in transforming the city into one of the largest open-air galleries in the world by commissioning monumental sculptures by famous international and Middle Eastern artists, including Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Hans Arp, and Alexander Calder.

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