Mosque Lamp for Amir Ahmad al-Mihmandar, c.1325

Ahmad al‑Mihmandar (d. 1332) donated this lamp to the madrasa that he erected in Cairo in 1324–25. His emblem is a white disk charged with a gold shield against a red bar.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. 91.1.1534

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