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Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism

Textual evidence on glassware in Old Javanese kakavin poetry is discussed. Export of Middle Eastern and Chinese glass vessels to ancient Southeast Asia is documented in the archaeological and historical record, though – compared to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra – reported finds of glass vessels an...

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Autore principale:	Jákl, Jiří
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_404 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.404 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.404 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/404 2017-06-12T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1w7 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Jákl, Jiří Textual evidence on glassware in Old Javanese kakavin poetry is discussed. Export of Middle Eastern and Chinese glass vessels to ancient Southeast Asia is documented in the archaeological and historical record, though – compared to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra – reported finds of glass vessels and their fragments in Java are very limited. Old Javanese kakavins suggest that imported glass vessels, denoted by the term gәḍah, were associated in court circles with the socio-religious framework of Siddha alchemy, and viewed as ritually powerful containers, used to store and serve alcoholic beverages, in particular those with high alcohol content, such as the drinks based on fermented, and probably aged, sugarcane juice. The glass cup metonymically represented the liquid which it contained, and it shares a metaphoric association with sanctified copulation perceived as a ritual act that belongs to Siddha Tantrism. The ultimate origin of the Old Javanese gәḍah is most probably the Arabic term qadah, one of the very early Arabic loanwords in Javanese. Cet article traite des preuves textuelles concernant la vaisselle de verre dans la poésie kakavin en vieux javanais. L’exportation de vaisselle de verre moyen-orientale et chinoise vers l’Asie du Sud-Est est documentée par l’archéologie et les sources historiques, cependant – en comparaison de la péninsule malaise et de Sumatra – les trouvailles de vaisselle de verre et de ses fragments sont très peu nombreuses à Java. Les kakavin vieux-javanais semblent indiquer que la vaisselle de verre importée, exprimée par le terme gәḍah, était associée dans les milieux palatins avec le cadre socio-religieux de l’alchimie Siddha, et considérée comme des contenants puissants rituellement, utilisés pour conserver et servir des boissons alcoolisées, en particulier celles à fort degré d’alcool, telles les boissons à base de jus de canne à sucre fermenté et probablement vieilli. Métonymiquement, la coupe en verre représente le liquide qu’elle contient, et partage l’association métaphorique de la copulation sanctifiée perçue comme acte rituel dans le cadre du tantrisme Siddha. L’origine ultime du mot gәḍah en vieux-javanais est très probablement le mot arabe qadah, l’un des plus anciens emprunts du javanais à la langue arabe.
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description	Textual evidence on glassware in Old Javanese kakavin poetry is discussed. Export of Middle Eastern and Chinese glass vessels to ancient Southeast Asia is documented in the archaeological and historical record, though – compared to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra – reported finds of glass vessels and their fragments in Java are very limited. Old Javanese kakavins suggest that imported glass vessels, denoted by the term gәḍah, were associated in court circles with the socio-religious framework of Siddha alchemy, and viewed as ritually powerful containers, used to store and serve alcoholic beverages, in particular those with high alcohol content, such as the drinks based on fermented, and probably aged, sugarcane juice. The glass cup metonymically represented the liquid which it contained, and it shares a metaphoric association with sanctified copulation perceived as a ritual act that belongs to Siddha Tantrism. The ultimate origin of the Old Javanese gәḍah is most probably the Arabic term qadah, one of the very early Arabic loanwords in Javanese.
author	Jákl, Jiří
spellingShingle	Jákl, Jiří Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism
author_facet	Jákl, Jiří
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title	Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism
title_short	Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism
title_full	Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism
title_fullStr	Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism
title_full_unstemmed	Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism
title_sort	liquor in glass vessels: a note on glassware in pre-islamic java and on its socio-religious symbolism
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Liquor in Glass Vessels: A Note on Glassware in pre-Islamic Java and on its Socio-Religious Symbolism

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