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Lamp globe

about 1340
Object PlaceSyria
Medium/TechniqueGlass with gold and enamel decoration
DimensionsOverall: 17.8 x 17.8 cm (7 x 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Western Art Visiting Committee
Accession number12.61
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsGlass
Collections
Inscriptions“among the things made for the noble excellency the high the masterful Al-Sayfi Arghun Al-'Ala’i may God grant him glorious victory” Al-Sayfi Arghun Al-'Ala’i served at the court of al-Nasir Muhammad and died in 1347/8.
Provenance1902, Henry G. Marquand (b. 1819 - d. 1902), New York; 1903, sold by the estate of Henry G. Marquand. 1912, gift of the Western Art Visiting Committee to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1912).
Conservation Status: After Treatment
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