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Censer, China, 1506-1521, Other
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Cite
APA
Nourane Ben Azzouna, . (n.d.). Censer, China, 1506-1521, Other (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4016
Chicago
Nourane Ben Azzouna. n.d. “Censer, China, 1506-1521, Other.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4016
MLA
Nourane Ben Azzouna. Censer, China, 1506-1521, Other, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4016
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_NBA_23
- Author
- Nourane Ben Azzouna
- Date
- 1506 – 1521
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Approximate
- Place of Production
- China
- Present Location
- Shanghai Mosque
- Language
- Arabic
- Nature of the Text
- Shahada
- Text Content
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[١] - أ - لا إله إلّا اللّه
- ب - محمّد رسول اللّه - Type of Object
- object\censer
- Writing Surface
- metal
- Shape (Epigraphy)
- other
- Size (of the object)
- 16 cm diam.; 13 cm height
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 1 line
- Technique
- cast
- Instrument
- other
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shape
- other
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- absent
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Ascenders
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - rounded tail
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - s-shaped
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl
denticles
counters
- hā' counters
- final s-shape with upstroke hairline
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- rounded head
- mīm counters
- circular head
vocalization and diacritics
- ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
- comma
- shadda vocalization and diacritics
- short denticles with left top flourish