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Mamluk Mosque Lamp

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Mamluk mosque lamps, blown around 1350 in Cairo and Syria, are pale-green glass vessels gilded and enamelled in cobalt, red, and white, glowing warm when hung and lit. Bands of thuluth Quranic and sultanic script ring the neck and body like sentences of light. This system takes that lamp as its ground: a deep enamel-blue field, gold inscription rings, and small red enamel dots. It is devotional and stately — luminous ornament held by disciplined bands, never flat, never cold.

Learn more about the Mamluk Mosque Lamp style

  • OriginCairo & Syria, Middle East
  • Periodc. 1350 (Mamluk Sultanate)
  • DesignerSultan Hassan · Sultan Barquq · anonymous master glass enamellers
  • MovementsMamluk enamelled and gilded glass · Islamic mosque furnishings

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