A MAMLUK-STYLE ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP BY PHILIPPE-JOSEPH BROCARD, FRANCE 19TH CENTURY A MAMLUK-STYLE ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP BY PHILIPPE-JOSEPH BROCARD, FRANCE 19TH CENTURY A MAMLUK-STYLE ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP BY PHILIPPE-JOSEPH BROCARD, FRANCE 19TH CENTURY A MAMLUK-STYLE ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP BY PHILIPPE-JOSEPH BROCARD, FRANCE 19TH CENTURY A MAMLUK-STYLE ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP BY PHILIPPE-JOSEPH BROCARD, FRANCE 19TH CENTURY

A MAMLUK-STYLE ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP BY PHILIPPE-JOSEPH BROCARD, FRANCE 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3005010

Standing on a spreading foot with high flaring mouth with finely drawn blue foliate scroll enclosing a thuluth inscription interrupted by three roundels containing small inscriptions, the body enameled with a band of blue thuluth calligraphy against a polychrome scrolling leafy ground punctuated with three applied loop handles.

Inscriptions
Around the mouth: surah At-Tawbah v.18 Around the body: surah Al-Noor v. 1 Height: 25 cm.

PROVENANCE
Private collection, France

CATALOGUE NOTE
Philippe-Joseph Brocard (1831-1896) specialised in the production of imitations of Medieval and Islamic glass. He gained critical acclaim at the Paris Universelle Exposition of 1867, where a number of vessels by him decorated in this style were shown. Brocard's work was subsequently shown at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair and 1878 Paris Exposition.