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Description : 11th-12th century A.D. A bronze lamp with globular body, worked in repoussé and decorated with intricate arabesques, three attachments in the shape of stylised bull heads to the side, used to suspend the lamp with a chain made of openwork fittings alternating with globular elements, attached to an openwork domed top with an attachment ring above, Naskh inscription around the neck. Cf. Allan, J.W., The Metalwork Industry in Iran in the Early Islamic Period, Oxford, 1976, fig.48, lett.E/4, and especially Rice D. S. ‘Studies in Islamic Metal Work V’ in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, vol.17, no.2 (1955), pp.206-231, pl.II, X, XI, XII, XIV. 2 kg, 58 cm high (22 7/8 in.). Acquired in the 1980s-1990s. Previously with Mansour Gallery, London W1. Property of a North West London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11513-194198. The existing specimens of Allen classification group E hanging lamps indicate the existence of workshops in Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Asia Minor and Yemen. They were pierced in places to allow for the passage of light from a glass container within.
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