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Spatula2988/6

Cloisonné enamel spatula with long thin metal handle. The spatula is decorated with a dense design of flowers and scrolling leaves on a turquoise ground.

Culture
Chinese
Material
brass metal and enamel
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vase2988/5

Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with a dense design of flowers and scrolling leaves on a turquoise ground, with cartouches containing Arabic inscriptions in the Chinese style of calligraphy (known as sini) on a turquoise ground.

Culture
Chinese
Material
brass metal and enamel
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Incense Box2988/4 a-b

Cloisonné enamel lidded box decorated with a dense design of flowers and scrolling leaves on a turquoise ground, with cartouches containing Arabic inscriptions in the Chinese style of calligraphy on a pale turquoise ground.

Culture
Chinese
Material
brass metal and enamel
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Incense Burner2988/3 a-b

Cloisonné enamel lidded incense burner decorated with a dense design of flowers and scrolling leaves on a turquoise ground, with cartouches containing Arabic inscriptions in the Chinese style of calligraphy on a pale turquoise ground.

Culture
Chinese
Material
brass metal and enamel
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish2988/2

Large dish with sloping sides and a slanting foot ring, is almost solely decorated in turquoise blue enamel combined with outlines in black on a thick, opaque white glaze. It is painted in the centre with a large roundel enclosing an Arabic inscription written with the characters forming a spiral, and encircled by double lines. The gently curving cavetto has eight smaller roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions, alternating with individual words; there are also continuous Arabic inscriptions surround the large central roundel and the rim. The underside is glazed but undecorated.

Culture
Indonesian ?
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Manuscript2988/1

Qur'an leaf, in Kufic script on vellum. The script is in dark brown ink on parchment, with seven lines per page. The vocalization is rendered in red dots, and single verse divisions are marked with triangular clusters of six gold discs. Fifth verse divisions are marked with a solidly coloured Kufic letter ha in gold (representing the number 5 in the abjad system), outlined in black. Tenth verse divisions are marked with an illuminated cusped roundel formed by interlacing gold and white bands decorated with elegant scrolls and dots containing the exact verse count – in this case thalathun (thirty) – on gold Kufic script on a reserved central space.

Culture
Western Asia ?
Made in
Iran ?; Iraq ? or Syria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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