Mosque Lamp Bearing the Name of the Mamluk Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir

ca. 1340

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Title: Mosque Lamp Bearing the Name of the Mamluk Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir
Date: ca. 1340
Geography: Attributed to Syria
Medium: Glass, colorless with brown tinge; blown, applied blown foot, applied handles; enameled and gilded
Dimensions: H. 13 in. (33 cm)
Diam. of rim 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.987
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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