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Mosque Lamp  wikidata:Q106603168 reasonator:Q106603168
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Mosque Lamp
label QS:Len,"Mosque Lamp"
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Object type mosque lamp Edit this at Wikidata
Description
During the Mamluk period, the various pious institutions founded by sultans and amirs brought a demand for elaborately enamelled and gilt glass lamps to light them. Suspended from their rims were ... See full description on web site
Language Arabic Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1385 AD
Medium transparent, bubbly glass, blown with trailed on handles; enamelled and gilt decoration; mounts of gilded base metal; the foot a modern replacement
Dimensions height: 33 cm (12.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+33U174728
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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GLS 572 (Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Egypt
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-mosque-lamp-gls572/ (English) Edit this at Wikidata

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Description Mosque Lamp
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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