Mosque Lamp of Amir Qawsun. Dimensions: H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)Max. diam. 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)Diam. with handles 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm). Maker: 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Barmaki . Date: ca. 1329-35.Large glass lamps of this type were commissioned by sultans and members of their court for mosques, madrasas (Qur'anic schools), tombs, hospices, and other public buildings in fourteenth-century Mamluk Cairo. This example bears the name of its patron, Qawsun (d. 1342), amir of the Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalaun (r. 1293-1341 with brief interruptions), and was probably intended for one of his two architectural commissions in Cairo--a mosque or a tomb-hospice complex. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Mosque Lamp of Amir Qawsun. Dimensions: H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)Max. diam. 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)Diam. with handles 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm). Maker: 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Barmaki . Date: ca. 1329-35.Large glass lamps of this type were commissioned by sultans and members of their court for mosques, madrasas (Qur'anic schools), tombs, hospices, and other public buildings in fourteenth-century Mamluk Cairo. This example bears the name of its patron, Qawsun (d. 1342), amir of the Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalaun (r. 1293-1341 with brief interruptions), and was probably intended for one of his two architectural commissions in Cairo--a mosque or a tomb-hospice complex. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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