Detail View: The AMICA Library: Mosque lamp
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.17.190.985
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Syrian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Egypt or Syria
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Attributed to Egypt or Syria
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Title:
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Mosque lamp
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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late 13th century (before 1285)
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Creation Start Date:
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1266
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Creation End Date:
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1285
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Materials and Techniques:
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Free blown, tooled, enameled, and gilded glass
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Classification Term:
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Glass
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Dimensions:
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H. 16 15/16 in. (43 cm), W. 29 15/16 in. (76 cm), L. 32 5/16 in. (82 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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17.190.985
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Credit Line:
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Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
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Rights:
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Context:
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The two gold crossbows addorsed against a red shield indicate that the patron of this lamp held the office of 'bunduqdar' (Keeper of the Bow). The inscription states that the lamp was ordered for the mausoleum of 'his excellency the bowkeeper of `Ala al-Din,' thus identifying him with Aydakin ibn `Abd-Allah, who died in Cairo in 1285. Aydakin, who held various offices under the Mamluks (after 1250), maintained the emblem and 'nisba' (form to express relationship with one's master) of his first appointment under the Ayyubid emir `Ala al-Din Aqsunqur until the end of his life. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.is17.190.985.R.tif
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