A Mamluk-Revival inlaid brass lantern, Egypt or Syria, 19th-20th century

of hexagonal form with hinged door and domed terminal, each of the six sides decorated with a cusped openwork medallion surrounded by geometric inlay with calligraphic openwork panels above and below, the dome decorated with an arabesque of openwork split-palmettes, surmounted by a baluster finial and loop, the interior with seven candle holders inlaid with a band of scrolling vine

inscriptions

Qur’an, surah al-Nur (XXIV), 35.