Lamp Ornament
This piece once hung with a lamp, possibly in either the mosque or mausoleum (tomb) of Sultan Selim I (d. 1517) in Istanbul. The inscription around the body of the sphere is a hadith, or saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad: “The world is only one hour, so hasten to praye...
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27801
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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8
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.1022_Prof_TR_T88II.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.1022_Prof_TR_T88II.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.1022_Prof_TR_T88II.jpg |
| imageCount | 8 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1022 |
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Ottoman
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