Censer, China, 16th century, Other · CallFront

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Censer, China, 16th century, Other

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_NBA_05
Author: Nourane Ben Azzouna
Contributor(s): Johanna Cozzolino; Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 16^th century
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: The Frankel Collection, New York
Language: Persian
Type of text: Poetry
Type of Object: object\censer
Writing Surface: ceramic
Size (of the object): 22.2 cm diam. ; 17.2 cm height
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1 line and 3 lines
Technique: painted
Instrument: brush
Bibliography: Frankel, James. “Muslim Blue, Chinese White: Islamic Calligraphy on Ming Blue-and-White Porcelain.” Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoiseurs of Asian Art 49, no. 2 (2018).

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique; partial stacking of characters
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - straight
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top left serif; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm curvilinear stroke

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
mīm descenders: long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; closing upward

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: medial double-eyed swollen top eye; final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle with thin right stroke
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin