reject the melancholy cabbage

Ring with unicorn, heart, and lady, made in Germany or Italy, c.1550-1600 (source).

(Source: aleyma)

(Source: thewakeupcall)

This statuette of a sitting woman, often called a “Bactrian” goddess or princess, is an outstanding example of stone carving and the only statuette of its type that still seems to preserve both arms and legs. In contrast to many similar statuettes, the faces of which have lost most of their original detail, this sculpture has fine facial features, including small eyes and ears and a linear nose. Also evident is the distinctive layered wool textile, known as kaunakes in southern Iran and Mesopotamia, which is commonly associated with the garment of deities and princesses in the ancient civilizations of Elam and Sumer. The figure shares its overall composition with a well-known group of figures associated with the Bactrian-Margiana civilization in central Asia in the third millennium BC; for this reason, such objects are frequently referred to as “Bactrian.”…

Northern Afghanistan, Ancient Bactria, circa 2500-1500 B.C.

(and more Guo Pei Fall/Winter 2010/2011)

(more Guo Pei, April 2012 I think)

lastnightalive:

guo pei 2010

SHRIEKS

audreyhepburn-a-style-icon:

Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole on the set of the movie How To Steal a Million in 1965.

analdrawings:

187

Let’s run away, just you and me

non-westernhistoricalfashion:

Tortoiseshell Comb
Unified Silla Period
10th century
Korea

Virtual Collection of Masterpieces:

This ornamental comb is unique metal work from Goryeo Dynasty for the meticulous technique and exquisite beauty.

This highly ornamental comb is made of hawks-bill skin. The handle decoration is exquisitely bordered with gold and then inlaid with green nephrite. The comb has an unusual shape, with the broad ridge forming an almost right angle with the teeth, which indicates that it may have served more of a decorative purpose. From the border between the teeth and handle hang three pendants, two on the front with eight-petaled flowers and one on the back with a ten-petaled flower. The pendants also have small leaves suspended from gold wire.

gasstation:

Fan Bingbing

This is Mae Mei Lapres and hoooooooly shit.

(Source: asap-pocky)