Sultan Hasan mosque lamp
Type:
Lamps
Date:
Before 1357
Dimensions:
35.5 × 27 cm
Description:
Several Mamluk enameled glass mosque lamps from the mid-fourteenth century can be associated with buildings erected under Sultan Hasan (r. 1347–51, 1354–61), including his mosque, madrasa, and mausoleum complex in Cairo. The lamp reproduced here has a calligraphic inscription that mentions Sultan Hasan by name, as well as a Qur'anic verse identifying Allah as the light of the heavens and the earth. It has a globular body with suspension loops and a flared neck.
Relevant Textbook Chapter(s):
10
Repository and Online Resources:
• This lamp is now in the Louvre.
• Visit the Kornbluth Photograph website for views of another Sultan Hasan mosque lamp, now in the Freer Gallery of Art (Washington, DC).
• See another Mamluk mosque lamp (slightly later in date) at the Louvre Abu Dhabi and listen to a description of its symbolism.
• Watch a youtube video of how glass can be blown into the shape of a pitcher.
Image Credits:
Linda Safran
