Altar set, China, 18th century, Other · CallFront

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Altar set, China, 18th century, Other

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_NBA_36
Author: Nourane Ben Azzouna
Contributor(s): Johanna Cozzolino; Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 18^th century
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: The Frankel Collection, New York
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Devotional text
Type of Object: object\ritual implement
Writing Surface: metal
Shape (Epigraphy): other
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1 lines
Technique: cast; cloisonné enamel
Instrument: other

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: oval
Internal Structure: partially interwoven
Groups of Characters Baseline: irregular undulations
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between groups of words
Presence of Elongation: absent
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: teardrop dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - bevelled head; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - bevelled head; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; shaft inclined to left with bevelled toprā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail

Descenders

wāw descenders: circular ascending tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: final s-shape with upstroke hairline
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles