Mosque Lamp of Amir Qawsun
Object type: Mosque lamp
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Barmaki
Artist bio: Egyptian
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Egyptian
Date: ca. 1329–35
Medium: Glass, colorless with brown tinge; blown, blown applied foot, enameled and gilded
Dimensions: H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
Max. diam. 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)
Diam. with handles 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm)
Classification: Glass
Geography: Made in    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Arabic