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Mosque Lamp |
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Description |
English: Islamic religious buildings traditionally were lit with glass lamps, generally called mosque lamps, that hung from chains. In 16th-century Turkey, it was common to make mosque lamps from glazed ceramic and to pair them with round or oval ornaments. Such ceramic pieces were of little use as lighting fixtures. They may have functioned, however, as acoustic devices, hung in groups to soften the echo of voices in the prayer hall. Mosque lamps were also symbols of divine light, and, therefore, of God's presence in the place of prayer, while the ornamental spheres symbolized the orb of heaven.
This beautiful Iznik Rhodianware ceramic lamp is adorned with the names of God and the Prophet- Allah and Muhammad- followed by those of the first four leaders of the Islamic caliphate, or government: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. The inscribed names, written in a large Arabic script called thuluth, confirm that the lamp was intended for symbolic as well as aesthetic purposes. |
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Date |
late 16th century date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Atasoy and Raby give c. 1580-1585) (Early Modern) |
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Medium | fritware with underglaze decoration | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 32.5 cm (12.7 in); diameter: 21.5 cm (8.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,32.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2386,21.5U174728 ; Top Diam: 18 cm (7 in) (diam.) |
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institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
48.1301 |
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Place of creation | Iznik, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World. Asia House Gallery, New York; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. 1979. The Here and the Hereafter: Images of Paradise in Islamic Art. Asia Society, New York; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick; University Art Gallery, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley; Springfield Museums, Springfield. 1991. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Inscription] Names of God, Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | Atasoy, Nurhan; Raby, Julian (1989). Iznik: The Pottery of Ottoman Turkey. London: Alexandra Press. ISBN 978-1-85669-054-6. pages 262-263, fig. 569 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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