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Catalog Level: item
Type: lamp
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Classification
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Terms:
decorative
arts
ceramics
Islamic
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Titles or Names
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Text: Mosque Lamp
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Type: repository
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Creation
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Creator Description: Ali ibn Muhammad
al-Barmaki (Egyptian, active 14th century)
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Identity: Ali ibn Muhammad al-Barmaki
Roles: glassmaker
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Creation Date:
ca. 1285 (Mamluk period)
Earliest:
1280 Latest:
1290
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Creation Place/Original Location: Egypt
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Style/Period/ Group/Movement
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Indexing Term: Mamluk (Egyptian and
Syrian)
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: 26.7 cm (height)
(10 1/2 inches)
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Value: 26.7 Unit: cm
Type: height
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: free-blown glass, enameled
and gilded; tooled on the pontil
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Material Name:
enamel
glass
gold
Technique Names:
tooling
free-blown
glass
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Inscriptions/ Marks
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Transcription or Description: in naskhi
script, tending toward a thuluth calligraphic style):
on body: That which was made for his excellency, the
exalted, and lord, and royal, the well-served Sayf
al-Din Qawsun, the Cupbearer of al-Malik al-Nasir;
on neck (sura 24 [Surat al-Nur], beginning of verse
35): God is the light of the heavens and the earth,
the likeness of His light is as a wick-holder [wherein
is a light (the light in a glass, the glass as it
were a glittering star)]"; on foot: The work
of the poor slave [of God] Ali ibn Muhammad al-Barmaki[?],
may God safeguard him.
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Subject Matter
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Indexing terms:
object
(utilitarian)
lamp
light
mosque
furnishings
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Descriptive Note
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Text: Brownish glass, free-blown, applied,
enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; blue,
grayish blue, red, white, yellow, and pink enamels;
orange-yellow and green stains; and gold. This lamp
is a metaphor. In the Koran, God's light is likened
to "a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in
a glass, and the glass is as if it were a brightly
shining star." This lamp was made for Sayf al-Din
Qawsun, an emir of the sultan Nasir ibn Qala'un (reigned
1293-1341). The cup, emblem of Qawsun's service as
Cupbearer, appears six times on the lamp. The foot
bears the signature of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Barmaki,
the only known artist associated with Mamluk gilded
and enameled vessels.
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Citation: Metropolitan Museum of Art
online
Page: 21 July 2004
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United
States)
Repository Number:
17.190.985
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Ownership/ Collecting History
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Owner/Agent: Sayf al-Din Qawsun (Egyptian
emir, 14th century)
Role: owner
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Revised 28 August 2006
