A LARGE ISLAMIC GILT AND ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP, 19TH CENTURY

A large glass gilt and enameled mosque lamp, of typical form, set on a short foot with six loop handles around the shoulder. The rounded, angular body features a flaring conical mouth, decorated in polychrome and gold with inscriptions over a ground of vegetal interlace. The neck bears inscriptions interspersed with roundels filled with recurve bows on a red ground. The lower body is adorned with floral designs and roundels filled with recurve bowls. Height: 32.5 cm. Around the neck and the body in large gilt and blue thuluth script: " mima Amil, bi-rasm al-maqqar, al-nazih, al-ali, Abu al-Ala' al-Bunduqdari, Qaddas allah sirrah". (" Among what was made, for the noble, the exalted residence of Abu al-Ala' al-Bunduqdari, God sanctify his soul")

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