Mosque Lamp of Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar, ca. 1325, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Glass, colorless with brown tinge; blown, folded foot, applied wick holder and handles, enameled and gilded, H. 10 1/2in. (26.7cm), Glass, According to its inscription, Ahmad al?Mihmandar (d. 1332) donated this lamp—probably one of several— to the madrasa that he erected in Cairo in 1324–25. His blazon, a white disk charged with a gold shield against a red bar, appears six times, amid a Qur'anic inscription on the neck (Sura 9:18) and against dense foliage on the underside
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Mosque Lamp, Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar, ca, 1325, Attributed, Egypt, Syria, Glass, colorless, brown tinge, blown, folded foot, applied wick holder, handles, enameled, gilded, H, 10 1/2in, 26.7cm, According, inscription, Ahmad al Mihmandar, d, 1332, donated, lamp—, several—, madrasa, erected, Cairo, 1324–25, blazon, white disk charged, gold shield, red bar, six times, Qur'anic inscription, neck, Sura 9, 18, dense foliage, underside
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