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Mosques and Islamic Architecture



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Mosque lamp, with the name of the emir Shaiku, Mamluk, around 1355. Gilded and enamelled glass, H:43,5 cm Inv. 328
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Mosque lamp, with the name of the emir Shaiku, Mamluk, around 1355....

Mosque-lamp from the mosque of sultan Abu Said Barquq, (1382-1399). Mamluk. Glass, gilded, enamelled, H:34 cm
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Mosque-lamp from the mosque of sultan Abu Said Barquq, (1382-1399). Mamluk....

Fragment of a lustre-painted ceramic dish showing a lady pouring a drink from a jug into a large chalice. Fatimid, 11th CE. Ceramic, L: 34 cm
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Fragment of a lustre-painted ceramic dish showing a lady pouring a drink f...

Rounded bowl of colourless glass; two rams in dark blue blue overlay and the inscription "Reptah", "good luck". Fatimid period, 11th. H: 8,5 cm Inv. 2463
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Rounded bowl of colourless glass; two rams in dark blue blue overlay a...

Goblet of lustre-painted glass, made for or in honour of Abd al-Sammad bin Ali. Fatimid period, 11th. Glass, 10.5 cm
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Goblet of lustre-painted glass, made for or in honour of Abd al-Sammad bin Ali...

Gold pendant, enamelled, showing a sparrow with a flower in its mouth. Fatimid period, 11th Thin gold plates on a silver core, H: 4 cm
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Gold pendant, enamelled, showing a sparrow with a flower in its mouth....

Gold necklace decorated with tiny floral designs in filigree on the central part; on the center pendant inscription "da'im","everlasting prosperity." Inscription in Naskki-skript. Mamluk period.
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Gold necklace decorated with tiny floral designs in filigree on the centr...

A panel of woven Coptic textile, a woman and her lover in a garden. Fatimid period, 11th
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A panel of woven Coptic textile, a woman and her lover in a garden. Fatim...

Panel of woven Coptic textile, a rider and four warriors. Fatimid period, 11th
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Panel of woven Coptic textile, a rider and four warriors. Fatimid period...

Mosque in Tinmel,Morocco, 1153-1154 Abandoned after the fall of the Almohads, Tinmal is now being restored.
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Mosque in Tinmel,Morocco, 1153-1154 Abandoned after the fall...

Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid sultans in Rabat. The minaret was built under sultan Abu Hassan, the last Merinid ruler to be buried in Shellah in 1351.
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Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid sultans in Rabat. The mi...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.The courtyard.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...