http://collection.shangrilahawaii.org/internal/media/dispatcher/17074/fullPlaster and Polychrome Glass Window with Architectural and Vegetal Motifs19th centuryOverall approximately: 40 x 15 in. (101.6 x 38.1cm)Plaster, colored glassCourtesy of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art46.31This ornate stained glass window, called a qamariya in Arabic, was created in either Syria, Egypt or Turkey under Ottoman rule. Its design depicts a domed building in between two cypress trees. Two small minaret-like forms flank the dome and the base of the building, indicating that it may represent a mosque.
Qamariya were created by artisans who shaped the crystal glass with diamond and affixed the colorful pieces into a frame of gypsum plaster. This type of window appeared in domestic homes of the late Ottoman dynasty where their many multicolored facets illuminated the colorful interiors.Glass38.1000762002101.60020320041645043683