A LARGE ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP

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A LARGE ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP
WESTERN EUROPE, CIRCA 1870

Of typical Mamluk form with flaring mouth on spreading foot, the sides with six applied handles interrupting a blue band of gold honorific thuluth, arabesque and floral bands above and below, the neck with a similar band of gold-outlined blue thuluth on a scrolling white field, interrupted by three roundels showing the horse blazon, the underside of the body similar, the foot with scrolls alternating with fleur-de-lys roundels, minor floral and scrolling bands
20 1/8in. (51.1cm.) high

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