By Anton Chotka
Located in London, GB
Viennese bronze Orientalist mosque lamp by Anton Chotka
Austrian, Early 20th Century
Height 37cm, width 18cm, depth 21.5cm
This remarkable antique figurative lamp, meticulously crafted by Anton Chotka, a premier manufacturer of cold-painted bronze products in late 19th to early 20th-century Vienna, presents a captivating tableau.
The lamp ingeniously depicts a mosque, an emblem of Islamic architecture, brought to life in intricate bronze detail. Beneath the mosque's mihrab, the pointed-arch niche indicative of Mecca's direction, two figures linger in a state of reverence. One figure is shown in a reverential position, knelt before the holy Quran...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Islamic Anton Chotka Art