Golden Mamluk Style Hand Blown Glass Mosque Lamp With Arabic Calligraphy

Golden Mamluk Style Hand Blown Mosque Glass Oil Lamp with Arabic Calligraphy Golden Mamluk Style Hand Blown Mosque Glass Oil Lamp with Arabic Cursive Calligraphy Middle Eastern Mosque Lamp in Islamic Tradition, Clear Glass engraved soufflé in Moorish style with golden calligraphic inscriptions. Dimensions: 35 cm high and 25 cm in diameter These were used as oil lamps. Large round bulbous body rising to a narrower waist, above which the upper part is flared. There is no foot to be able to place it on a surface, but they were normally used suspended by chains which passed through the three loops on the outside of the body. They were used to illuminate Middle Eastern mosques and other buildings in mosque complexes, in large spaces, in groups suspended from a circular metal structure. Glass mosque lamps were mainly made during the Mamluk period in Egypt, Sirya. They were made to order and were presented by the Mamluk sultans as gifts to the mosques of Cairo. The lamp was made by blowing hot glass and then letting it cool. The gilding was then painted. The blown glass would have been decorated with gilding using fine brushes. This fabulous item could be used as a vase or decorative item in any modern or Moorish style decor.