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Ceramic Vessel in the Shape of a Mosque Lamp

1525–40
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460
With its delicate spiraling stem design, this small vessel belongs to a group of ceramics formerly referred to as "Golden Horn" wares. Current scholarship, however, prefers the term tughrakes-, or "tughra‑illuminator" style for such decoration, comparing its design to the fine swirling vines adorning tughra calligraphies. During this period, pottery shapes often imitated metalwork forms. This piece, however, emulates glass mosque lamps, which often displayed Arabic inscriptions.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ceramic Vessel in the Shape of a Mosque Lamp
  • Date: 1525–40
  • Geography: Made in Turkey, Iznik
  • Medium: Stonepaste; painted in blue under transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
    Max. diam: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.69.3
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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