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Mosque Lamp
late 1800s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In late 1800s Europe, there was a renewed interest in art from the Islamic world. Mosque lamps, made for Mamluk rulers and their high officials in the 1300s, were particularly prized. Phillippe-Joseph Brocard, a Parisian collector and craftsman, is renowned for reviving the Mamluk technique of enameling and gilding glass and produced many lamp reproductions. This lamp used to be in his collection and it is possible that it was made by him. The top Qur’anic inscription likens divine light to a shining glass lamp.
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Details
- Title: Mosque Lamp
- Date Created: late 1800s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 39.5 cm (15 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Philippe-Joseph Brocard [1831–1896], Paris, France, Georges Demotte [1877-1923], New York, NY, Ispenian, (Spink & Son, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Glass
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.10
- Medium: glass with enameled and gilded decoration
- Fun Fact: This colorful lamp would have been suspended by its six handles. When lowered to refill its oil, it could stand securely on its splayed foot.
- Department: Islamic Art
- Culture: France
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Islamic Art
- Accession Number: 1981.10
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