Mosque Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aydakin al-'Ala'i al-Bunduqdar, shortly after 1285, Made in Egypt, probably Cairo, Glass, brownish; blown, folded foot, applied handles; enameled and gilded, H. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm), Glass, This lamp’s inscriptions reveal that it was ordered for Aidakin’s mausoleum (turba), a building still standing in Cairo. Mamluk amirs adopted emblems, often connected with their ceremonial roles at court, which decorated the objects and buildings they commissioned
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