A pair of enamelled glass mosque lamps, Europe for the Islamic market, 19th/20th century
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Arts of the Islamic World
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A pair of enamelled glass mosque lamps, Europe for the Islamic market, 19th/20th century
of characteristic form, composed of green glass with polychrome enamel decoration and six applied lug handles, with a stylised pseudo-inscription around the neck between leafy tendrils and floral motifs on body, the underside of body with pseudo-inscription within heraldic shields
Quantity: 2
42.6cm. height.
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Quantity: 2
42.6cm. height.
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inscriptions
Both with identical inscriptions (some imprecisions):
‘izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-‘alim al-‘adil (?) al-malik al-nasir ‘azza [na]srahu
‘Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the Learned King, the Just (?), al-Malik al-Nasir, may [God] glorify his victory’
Both with identical inscriptions (some imprecisions):
‘izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-‘alim al-‘adil (?) al-malik al-nasir ‘azza [na]srahu
‘Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the Learned King, the Just (?), al-Malik al-Nasir, may [God] glorify his victory’
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Arts of the Islamic World
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London
