23rd Nov, 2016 10:00
European & Asian Works of Art
268
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMPS
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMPS, MAMLUK STYLE, PROBABLY FRENCH OR AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY of typical form, the green glass enamelled with scroll foliate borders and panels and with stylised inscriptions to the flared necks, the bulbous bodies each with six applied lugs above a band of further foliage interrupted by shields with pseudo inscriptions 43cm high Both Arabic inscriptions to the necks read (with some imprecisions): izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-'alim al-'adil (?) al-malik al-nasir 'azza [na]srahu (Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the Learned King, the Just (?), al-Malik al-Nasir, may [God] glorify his victory).
Sold for £6,500
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMPS, MAMLUK STYLE, PROBABLY FRENCH OR AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY of typical form, the green glass enamelled with scroll foliate borders and panels and with stylised inscriptions to the flared necks, the bulbous bodies each with six applied lugs above a band of further foliage interrupted by shields with pseudo inscriptions 43cm high Both Arabic inscriptions to the necks read (with some imprecisions): izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-'alim al-'adil (?) al-malik al-nasir 'azza [na]srahu (Glory to our lord, the Sultan, the Learned King, the Just (?), al-Malik al-Nasir, may [God] glorify his victory).
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 23rd Nov, 2016
