China – Items
Brush-rest, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other
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Cite
APA
Nourane Ben Azzouna, . (n.d.). Brush-rest, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4008
Chicago
Nourane Ben Azzouna. n.d. “Brush-rest, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4008
MLA
Nourane Ben Azzouna. Brush-Rest, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4008
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_NBA_15
- Author
- Nourane Ben Azzouna
- Date
- 1506 – 1521
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
- Present Location
- British Museum (PDF,A.642 )
- Language
- Arabic
- Nature of the Text
- Other
- Text Content
- القلم أقبل + 大明正德年製
- Type of Object
- object\tool
- Writing Surface
- ceramic
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- circular
- Size (of the object)
- 19.7 cm width
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 1 line
- Technique
- painted
- Instrument
- brush
- Bibliography
- Pierson, Stacey. Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. University of London. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 2004. p.61, no.A642.
- Medley, Margaret. Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains. The Foundation. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1976. p.42, no.A642.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- circular
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- horizontal
- Character Spacing
- irregular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- absent
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- irregular round dot.
Ascenders
Descenders
- mīm descenders
- mīm - s-shape
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- deep bowl
denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- medial short rounded denticles
counters
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- soft triangular head
vocalization and diacritics
- fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics
- oblique stroke (10°-35°)
- fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour
- blue