A MAMLUK PIERCED BRASS HANGING LAMP

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£ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 828796
Lot 23 | A MAMLUK PIERCED BRASS HANGING LAMP
A MAMLUK PIERCED BRASS HANGING LAMP

EGYPT OR SYRIA, BODY LATE 15TH CENTURY, KNOP LATE 13TH CENTURY

Of tapering hexagonal form, the silver-inlaid domed knop, from a different original lamp, with a similarly shaped finial and hanging loop and decorated with floral motifs and a kufic honorific inscription interrupted by three circular blazons each with a single-headed eagle, each side panel pierced and engraved with scrolling floral designs around a central similar roundel, a panel of honorific thuluth above and below, two of the sides with hinged doors which close together along the side ridge

14 1/2in. (37cm.) high





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Anon sale, Christie's, London, 10 October 1989, lot 532
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