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A LARGE ISLAMIC GILT AND ENAMELED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP, 19TH CENTURY - A large glass gilt and enameled mosque lamp, of typical form, set on a short foot with six loop handles around the shoulder. The rounded, angular body features a flaring conical mouth, decorated in polychrome and gold with inscriptions over a ground of vegetal interlace. The neck bears inscriptions interspersed with roundels filled with stem-cup and floral motifs. The lower body is adorned with floral designs and roundels filled with stem-cup and floral motifs. Height: 35.5 cm. Around the neck: In large blue naskh script, part of verse 35 of Surah al-Nur. Around the body: In large gilt thuluth script on a blue ground: The inscription around the body reads: al-maqarr / al-Ashraf/ al-‘ali al-mawlawi a / al-mukhadami wa al-saifi /al-nasiri (”The noble authority, the exalted, the lordly, the attendant, the sword-bearer and the Nasiri”).