Mosque Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aydakin al-'Ala'i al-Bunduqdar, shortly after 1285
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Mosque Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aydakin al-'Ala'i al-Bunduqdar

shortly after 1285

Medium
Glass; blown, folded foot, applied handles, enameled, and gilded
Classification
Glass
Dimensions
H. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm) Diam. of rim 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Culture
Egypt
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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