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"tombstone": "Mosque Lamp, 1585\u201395. Turkey, Iznik, Ottoman period (1299\u20131922). Fritware with underglaze design; overall: 28.4 x 19.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.); diameter of rim: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.236",
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"title": "Mosque Lamp",
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"measurements": "Overall: 28.4 x 19.5 cm (11 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)",
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"id": 312146,
"title": "Islamic Art",
"description": "Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).",
"opening_date": "1944-11-03T04:00:00"
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{
"id": 396857,
"title": "Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)",
"description": "Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).",
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"description": "Mosque lamps typically functioned as a lampshade, containing an oil lamp inside. Due to the opacity of this Ottoman lamp, it is likely that its primary function was not illumination. Instead, it would have been hung from chains in a mosque or mausoleum to add to the beauty of the space. This lamp is decorated with bright red carnations and blue hyacinths with additional floral and vegetal elements. The turquoise loops would have served for suspension from the ceiling. It is also possible that lamps like this were used as acoustic devices, softening the echo of prayer and discussion within the mosque\u2019s halls.",
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"citation": "\"Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1944.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 6 (1945): 103-30.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 107",
"url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141221"
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"citation": "Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 32, fig. 34",
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