Incense set, China, 1506-1521, Other · CallFront

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Incense set, China, 1506-1521, Other

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_NBA_20
Author: Nourane Ben Azzouna
Contributor(s): Johanna Cozzolino; Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1506 – 1521
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Website Link: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6043253
Language: Arabic
Nature of the Text: Du‘ā’
Text Content: الحمد للّه‮ , لا اله الا الله, سنجاز الله?
Type of Object: object\censer
Writing Surface: metal
Shape (Epigraphy): circular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1 line
Technique: painted
Instrument: other

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: circular; other
Internal Structure: linear; partially interwoven
Groups of Characters Baseline: horizontal; partial stacking of characters
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: absent
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - bevelled head; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - bevelled head; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin

Descenders

nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles

counters

hā' counters: final s-shape with upstroke hairline
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle with extended arm
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles with left top flourish