Glass lamp for Qawṣūn

Conserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Three emblems on the neck, two (?) on the bottom of the body. All the same.

Inscription around the neck:

ممّا عمل برسم المقر ا العالي المولوي المالكي المخدومي السيفي قوصون الساقي الملكي الناصري

This is one of the objects made for His High Excellency, the exalted, the lord, the royal, the well-served Sayf al-dīn Qawṣūn, the cup-bearer of al-Malik al-Nāṣir

Possible dating: around 730/1329

Dimensions: H. 35,9 cm

For more details: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/447006

 

To Qawṣūn’s page


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Simon Rousselot (February 18, 2020). Glass lamp for Qawṣūn. Mamluk Emblems Online Corpus. Retrieved October 16, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rd8l


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