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Box and cover, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other

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APA

Nourane Ben Azzouna, . (n.d.). Box and cover, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4006

Chicago

Nourane Ben Azzouna. n.d. “Box and cover, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4006

MLA

Nourane Ben Azzouna. Box and Cover, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4006

Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder
CallFront
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID
China_NBA_13
Author
Nourane Ben Azzouna
Contributor(s)
Johanna Cozzolino
Nuria Garcia Masip
Date
1506 – 1521
Localization Exactitude Degree
Exact
Place of Production
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Present Location
Royal Ontario Museum (n° 925.25.1.A)
Website Link
https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/516089/box-and-cover?ctx=06c68ceb-c622-4404-a0b7-81293dbd9644&idx=27
Language
Arabic
Type of text
Devotional text
Text Content
١ - توكّلت على اللّه - ٢ - (١) اى خداى (٢) كله نفس جز [؟] (٣) تو خذاى (٤) روى راحت (٥) به بندگان (٦) بنماى (٧) الحكمة (٨) صاحب الزكمة <١>
Type of Object
object\ritual implement
Writing Surface
ceramic
Shape (Epigraphy)
circular
Size (of the object)
4.8 x 16.5 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
1 line
Technique
painted
Instrument
brush

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape
circular
Internal Structure
stacked
large presence of negative space
Character Spacing
regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation
absent
Ligature
Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast
non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point
round dot
Ascenders
Alif Ascenders
alif - bevelled head
alif - elongated vertical shaft
Lām Ascenders
lām - vertical
lām - bevelled head
lām - elongated vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders
initial /medial compact form rounded body
no top arm and superscript kāf
Descenders
wāw descenders
wāw - rounded tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
short backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

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

denticles

initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
initial perpendicular to baseline

counters

hā' counters
final s-shape with upstroke hairline
fā' qāf wāw counters
rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

shadda vocalization and diacritics
tall denticles
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