Lot 323 A LARGE ISLAMIC 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 floral motifs. The lower body is adorned with arabesques and roundels filled with vegetal designs.
Height: 35.5 cm.
Around the neck:
In large blue naskh script, part of verse 35 of Surah al-Nur, with the three roundels in smaller script reading: "al-Malik al-Adil, the Just King."
Around the body:
In large gilt thuluth script on a blue ground:
"‘Izz li-mawlana al-Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir, Nasir al-Dunya wa al-Din, ‘Izz nasru"
("Glory to our lord, the Sultan, al-Malik al-Nasir, the supporter of the world and the religion—may his victory be glorious.")
Around the base: Within the three roundels, in smaller script: "al-Malik al-Adil, the Just King."