Artist- Sayf al-Din Tuquztimur
Year- AD1340
Materials and dimensions- Enamel and Glass, over a foot high.
Place- Egypt
Mosque lamps are different from what we have been use to seeing thus far. Mosque lamps were often highly decorated and very fragile. Research states that most of the mosque lamps were created to hang from chains from mosque ceilings. If you pay close attention to detail, the six handles are very small with little room for your fingers and they are structured at an awkward place on the lamp. These lamps held oil and wick to light up buildings. These different types of pottery called mosque are significant and important because they were used for necessity and economical needs. Light which is arguably the number one element on earth that is utilized, was implemented in a creative artistic way. These mosque remind me of the handheld torches you see when watching old movies like Indian Jones when he searches the tombs. This Islamic creation is important and I chose this particular piece because it gives innovation and a different use for pottery. These pot like structure were in fact lamps that were constructed ingenuously.
(British museum.org)
uh...this lamp was not made by Sayf al-Din Tuquztimur. It was made FOR hime with his emblembed shown on the neck
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