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Mosque Lamp of Amir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu

ca. 1349–55
Not on view
For his architectural complex in Cairo, built between 1349 and 1355, Amir Shaykhu commissioned numerous lamps, several of which are now in museum collections. This lamp is a composite of two fragments of Shayku's lamps, probably combined historically and once joined by large metal brackets (note the holes on the neck).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mosque Lamp of Amir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu
  • Date: ca. 1349–55
  • Geography: Attributed to Syria
  • Medium: Glass, colorless with green tinge; blown, folded foot, applied handles, enameled and gilded
  • Dimensions: H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
    Max Diam. 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1537
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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