Glass lamp for Āqbughā min ‘Abd al-Wāḥid

Conserved at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Three emblems dividing the neck inscription and three emblems at the bottom of the body. All the same.

Body inscription: 

ممّا عمل برسم الجناب العالي المولوي الأميري الكبيري السيفي سيف الدين آقبغا عبد الواحد الملكي الناصري

This is one of the objects made for His High Excellency, our Lord, the Great Amir, Sayf al-Dīn Āqbughā ‘Abd al-Wāḥid, (officer) of al-Malik al-Nāṣir.

Possible dating: before 744/1343-44

Dimensions: H. 33,5 cm

For more details: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93/mosque-lamp-unknown/

To Āqbughā min ‘Abd al-Wāḥid’s page


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Simon Rousselot (February 25, 2020). Glass lamp for Āqbughā min ‘Abd al-Wāḥid. Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 16, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rdcl


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