Lot 188
  • 188

A pair of Iznik-style glass mosque lamps, Europe for the Islamic market, 19th/20th century

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • glass
of characteristic form with six applied lug handles, of transparent glass with polychrome enamel decoration, with carnations throughout and pseudo-inscriptions around the neck

Condition

Both in overall good condition, intact, enamel strong, some slight rubbing consistent with age, as viewed.
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Catalogue Note

inscriptions

Both with identical inscriptions (some imprecisions):

ma sha’ allah / [ma] sha’ allah/ [a]l-‘ali al-mawlawi
‘What God Wills. What God Wills. The High, the Lordly’