PROBABLY NISHAPUR, NORTH EAST PERSIA, 10TH CENTURY

The form of both is immediately associated with Mamluk Syrian enamelled glass lamps, but fragments of an example of very similar form was also discovered at Nishapur (Krger, Jens: Nishapur, Glass of the Early Islamic Period, New York, 1995, no.235, p.182). The same form is also depicted in a stone relief at Kharraqan dating from 1067-8 AD (Krger, op.cit., p.179). An almost identical lamp, albeit in poorer condition, was offered in these Rooms 24 April 1990, lot 469.