Enrica Medugno
Sale Coordinator
Lot 315R
A Nishapur blue glass mosque lamp
Persia, 10th Century
18 – 26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £637.50 inc. premium
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A Nishapur blue glass mosque lamp
Persia, 10th Century
Persia, 10th Century
of globular form with wide flaring neck on a splayed foot, the body with six blue trails terminating in suspension loops, with later chain
15.6 cm. high.
15.6 cm. high.
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's, Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles, 12th April 1989, lot 26.
Christie's South Kensington, The Saeed Motamed Collection - Part II, 7th October 2013, lot 56.
Private Scottish collection.
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