Censer, China, beginning of the 16th century, Other · CallFront

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Censer, China, beginning of the 16th century, Other

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_NBA_03
Author: Nourane Ben Azzouna
Contributor(s): Johanna Cozzolino; Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1501 – 1526
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Website Link: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10780/lot/35/
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Devotional text
Type of Object: object\censer
Writing Surface: ceramic
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 24.5 cm width
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1 line and 3 lines
Technique: painted
Instrument: brush

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Internal Structure: linear
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - straight
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - diagonal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - diagonal tail
mīm descenders: short diagonal to left
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl left open; elongated curvilinear deep bowl

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: wavy curvilinear bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline; medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: blue
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: horizontal tail; closed eye; comma
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: blue
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: blue
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles