A MAMLUK ENAMELLED CLEAR GLASS SPRINKLER with flattened spherical body and thin tubular neck, the shoulders each with an enamelled red rosette on a white ground, the sides with a band of honorific titles in naskh on a blue enamel ground, traces of red outlining, 14th century (repaired, one roundel restored)

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A MAMLUK ENAMELLED CLEAR GLASS SPRINKLER with flattened spherical body and thin tubular neck, the shoulders each with an enamelled red rosette on a white ground, the sides with a band of honorific titles in naskh on a blue enamel ground, traces of red outlining, 14th century (repaired, one roundel restored)
4¾in. (12.2cm.) high

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The inscription reads:"'izz li maulana al-sultan al-malik ... al-mujahid ...".

This sprinkler may have been intended for the Rasulid rulers of Yemen, whose badge was the six-petalled rosette.

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