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Iznik Fritware Mosque Sphere ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iznik Fritware Mosque Sphere |
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English: Islamic religious buildings traditionally were lit with glass lamps, generally called mosque lamps, that hung from chains. In 16th-century Turkey, it was common to make mosque lamps from glazed ceramic and to pair them with round or oval ornaments. Such ceramic pieces were of little use as lighting fixtures. They may have functioned, however, as acoustic devices, hung in groups to soften the echo of voices in the prayer hall. Mosque lamps were also symbols of divine light, and, therefore, of God's presence in the place of prayer, while the ornamental spheres symbolized the orb of heaven.
This piece once hung with a lamp, possibly in either the mosque or mausoleum of Sultan Selim I in Istanbul. The inscription around the body of the sphere is a hadith, or saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad: "The world is only one hour, so hasten to prayer before dying and hasten to repent before death." |
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Date |
early 16th century date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Ottoman Empireera QS:P2348,Q12560 ) |
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Medium | gilt on fritware with underglaze blue decoration | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 13 cm (5.1 in); width: 15.1 cm (5.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,13U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,15.1U174728 (h. x diam.) |
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institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
48.1022 |
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Place of creation | Iznik, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Exhibition history | The Here and the Hereafter: Images of Paradise in Islamic Art. Asia Society, New York; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick; University Art Gallery, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley; Springfield Museums, Springfield. 1991. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Translation] The world is only one hour, so hasten to prayer before dying and hasten to repent before death. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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