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Lot 51
Sale 4237 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
May 17, 2016
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$8,000 -
10,000
Lot Description
French Mamluk style gilt and enameled glass mosque lamp late 19th century
The compressed conical body with exaggerated flaring rim, the neck painted with blue Thuluth script calligraphy between polychrome roundels on gilt ground, the shoulder with polychrome floral pastilles on gilt ground, the body with six loop handles and an elaborate gilt Thuluth script calligraphy on blue enamel ground, the underside of basin similarly decorated, with original fittings.
H: 12, Dia: 9 in.