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Celadon censer, China, 15th century, Other
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Cite
APA
Nourane Ben Azzouna, . (n.d.). Celadon censer, China, 15th century, Other (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3995
Chicago
Nourane Ben Azzouna. n.d. “Celadon censer, China, 15th century, Other.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3995
MLA
Nourane Ben Azzouna. Celadon Censer, China, 15th Century, Other, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3995
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_NBA_02
- Author
- Nourane Ben Azzouna
- Date
- 15th century
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Approximate
- Place of Production
- China
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Devotional text
- Type of Object
- object\censer
- Writing Surface
- ceramic
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- rectangular
- Size (of the object)
- 12.6 cm diam.; 12.4 cm height
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 1 line
- Technique
- engraved
- Instrument
- other
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- other
- Internal Structure
- stacked
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- partial stacking of characters
- Character Spacing
- irregular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- round dot
Ascenders
- Kāf Ascenders
- initial /medial compact form rounded body
Descenders
- jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
- looped tail
denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial slightly inclined to right
counters
- hā' counters
- final s-shape with upstroke hairline
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
vocalization and diacritics
- shadda vocalization and diacritics
- short denticles