Glass lamp for Tankizbughā

Conserved at the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Three emblems dividing the neck inscription and three emblems on the bottom of the body.

ممّا عمل برسم تربة المرحوم المقرّ الأشرف العالي المولوي المالكي الخدومي السيفي تنكزبغا أمير مجلس الملكي الناصري

This is one of the objects made for the mausoleum of His Most Noble and High Excellency, our Lord, the Royal, the Well-Served, the late Sayf al-Dīn Tankizbughā, amīr majlis of al-Malik al-Nāṣir.

Possible dating: before or around 759/1358

Dimensions: H. 28,5 cm

View of the bottom of the lamp:

To Tankizbughā’s page


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Simon Rousselot (February 27, 2020). Glass lamp for Tankizbughā. Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved January 17, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rddn


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