Box and cover, China, 1506-1521, Other · CallFront

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Box and cover, China, 1506-1521, Other

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_NBA_27
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.bonhams.com/auction/19305/lot/490/an-arabic-inscribed-circular-bronze-box-and-cover-ming-dynasty/
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Devotional text
Text Content: بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Type of Object: object\tool
Writing Surface: metal
Shape (Epigraphy): circular
Size (of the object): 23.8 cm width
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1 line
Technique: cast
Instrument: other

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: circular
Internal Structure: interwoven; stacked
Groups of Characters Baseline: full stacking of characters
Presence of Elongation: absent
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; 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

rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped; rā'/zā' - s-shape ending in ascending hairline

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles; sharp denticles curved to right

counters

hā' counters: final ribbon-like ascending
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

shadda vocalization and diacritics: wide denticles