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Dish, China, 1506-1521, Other

  • China_NBA_12a
  • China_NBA_12b
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APA

Nourane Ben Azzouna, . (n.d.). Dish, China, 1506-1521, Other (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4005

Chicago

Nourane Ben Azzouna. n.d. “Dish, China, 1506-1521, Other.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4005

MLA

Nourane Ben Azzouna. Dish, China, 1506-1521, Other, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4005

Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder
CallFront
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID
China_NBA_12
Author
Nourane Ben Azzouna
Contributor(s)
Johanna Cozzolino
Nuria Garcia Masip
Date
1506 – 1521
Localization Exactitude Degree
Approximate
Place of Production
China
Present Location
Ardebil Sanctuary (n° 29.313 )
Language
Arabic
Type of text
Devotional text
Text Content
أ - الشكر على نعمائه '- ب - (١) قال النبىّ '(٢) عليه السلام '(٣) ثناء الرجل '(٤) على معطيه '(٥) مستزاد '(٦) كفران [؟] '(٧) النعمة '(٨) مزيلها
Type of Object
object\plate
Writing Surface
ceramic
Shape (Epigraphy)
square
Size (of the object)
58.5 cm diam.; 11.5 cm height
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
1 line
Technique
painted
Instrument
brush
Bibliography
Pope, John Alexander. Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine. 2e Éd. Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 1981. p. 122

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape
circular
Internal Structure
stacked
large presence of negative space
Line of Writing
Line of writing - horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline
Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
Character Spacing
regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation
absent
Ligature
Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast
non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point
inclined square
Ascenders
Alif Ascenders
alif - vertical
alif - non serifed
alif - thick vertical shaft
Lām Ascenders
lām - vertical
lām - non serifed
lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders
medial, initial vertical shaft
no top arm and superscript kāf
Descenders
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
deep bowl left open

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters
final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular with elongated vertical shaft
medial 'ain ghayn counters
compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics
oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
hamza vocalization and diacritics
small inverse Z
shadda vocalization and diacritics
tall denticles
Image ID Entry
China_NBA_12a
Description
Dish, China, 1506-1521, Other
Photographer
Fondation Max van Berchem
Copyrights Holder
J. A. Pope nº 03
License
All rights reserved
Access Rights
Public
Image ID Entry
China_NBA_12b
Description
Dish, China, 1506-1521, Other
Photographer
Fondation Max van Berchem
Copyrights Holder
J. A. Pope nº 03
License
All rights reserved
Access Rights
Public
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