The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Mosque Lamp of Amir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu

Mosque Lamp of Amir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu

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Mosque Lamp of Amir Sayf al-Din Shaykhu

Object Name:: Mosque lamp
Date:: ca. 1349–55
Geography:: 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
Accession Number:: 91.1.1537

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