An Iznik-style porcelain mosque lamp, Samson, France, late 19th century
Auction Closed
March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
of bulbous shape on a short foot with a flaring neck with three suspension loops, the body and the upper neck decorated with blue and green chinoiserie cloud bands alternating with small flowers between pointed green and black half-cartouches, a pseudo inscription in white against a blue ground running along the lower neck and the base, the underside with Samson monogram
29.5cm.
The Samson factory in France was particularly active producing copies of Iznik pottery in the late nineteenth century. This mosque lamp is directly inspired by an original dated 956 AH/1549 AD made for the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1887,0516.1). The similarities between the two are striking: they both have bands of chinoiserie clouds within green half-cartouches, three suspension loops and similar sections of the neck and base devoted to calligraphic bands.
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