A TINNED-COPPER HANGING LAMP
A TINNED-COPPER HANGING LAMP

OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

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A TINNED-COPPER HANGING LAMP
OTTOMAN PROVINCES, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Probably ofr a chruch, of bulbous form, the openwork body decorated with calligraphic inscriptions in loose thuluth script, the name of Allah in places, bands of floral meander above and below, a cross hanging from the tapering finial, with suspension chains
12½in. (32cm.) high (body)

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