FRANCE, DATED JUNE 1877

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A BROCARD ENAMELLED CLEAR GLASS MOSQUE LAMP
FRANCE, DATED JUNE 1877
After the Mamluk original, the rounded body with flaring mouth on flat foot, six attachment loops around the side, decorated with a broad band of cobalt-blue naskh inscription with the name and titles of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, similar titles in gold around the mouth, further inscriptions under the body, the foot signed Brocard Paris juin 1877, the associated brass suspension ring made in various sections with cast sections linked by S-loop chains, associated pendant shaped panels and turquoise beads
Lamp 14in. (35.8cm.) high

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拍品專文

Philippe-Joseph Brocard began life as a restorer of glass, which gave him the capability of understanding in minute detail the techniques used. His first Works of Art in enamelled glass were presented at the Paris exhibition of 1867 and created quite a stir. Even then his most important pieces were enamelled glass mosque lamps. He continued to exhibit at international exhibitions and it is very probable that the present lamp was made to be shown at the Exposition universelle in Paris in 1878, a year after its manufacture.

He was the first to revive this technique of large glass vessels with enamelled surface decoration copying Mamluk originals. Its popularity meant that the was copied in Paris by others including Giboin, Imberton, and subsequently, Gallé and Daum, who developed the style into something compeltely different. A very similar lamp is in the Musée Adrien Dubouché at Limoges (Alain Gruber (ed.), L'art décoratif en Europe, Paris, 1994, p.222).