Lot 449 A LARGE ISLAMIC GILT AND ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP, 19TH CENTURY
A large glass gilt and enameled mosque lamp, of typical form, set on a short foot with six loop handles around the shoulder. The rounded, angular body features a flaring conical mouth, decorated in polychrome and gold with inscriptions over a ground of vegetal interlace. The neck bears inscriptions interspersed with roundels filled with stem-cup and floral motifs. The lower body is adorned with floral designs and roundels filled with stem-cup and floral motifs.
Height: 35.5 cm.
Around the neck:
In large blue naskh script, part of verse 35 of Surah al-Nur.
Around the body:
In large gilt thuluth script on a blue ground:
The inscription around the body reads: al-maqarr / al-Ashraf/ al-‘ali al-mawlawi a / al-mukhadami wa al-saifi /al-nasiri
("The noble authority, the exalted, the lordly, the attendant, the sword-bearer and the Nasiri").