#House of Mi

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Everybody Eats Someone: Western Han Biting Artifact

Gold belt buckle of Western Han dynasty. Unearthed from the tomb of King of Chu of on Lion Rock (獅子山), Xuzhou (徐州), Jiangsu.

This dramatic buckle consists of two rectangular gold belt plates and a gold tongue. On the reliefs, everybody is eating someone. The heraldic bears of the Xiong (熊) clan, a prolongation of the royal House of Mi (芈), are present. The Ye (葉) family Taoist lineage I’ve examined here is from the same clan and House.

The bear totem is still pertinent for those with surnames Mi (芈), Yan (酓 or 檿), Shen (沈), Xiong (熊), Ye (葉), Xiang (項), Qu (屈).

The heraldic elements in the form of images represent rather archaic practice. They were gradually supplanted in China by the designation of belonging through the surnames’ hieroglyphs of or mottos.

On display in the Xuzhou Museum (徐州博物館).

[mistbix]

spinning their friendship around in my head

[acekindaneat]

Day 2: Animals/Field trip!

Bro used his flip phone to take that picture.

clearer version:

[vintagehomecollection]

Increasing the height of this wall provided room for the framing of a three-story window. Two layers of fixed glass were attached to fir timbers, and a custom fan unit, placed on top, was designed to match.

The Timber-Frame Home: Design, Construction, Finishing, 1988

[lidoshka]

"No one is going to take this throne from me" "Your Grace, no one is trying to"

Indis mentally reminds herself to be the bigger person when dealing with King Feanor.

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mi gente! les traigo noticias!

I'm doing a project along with @yellow-faerie for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (@tolkienrsb) the title of the story is "The Lady of Tartúrion"

for the moment it's still a secret, but starting Sept 6th you can check this story and many others in this Ao3 collection!

Be on the lookout for the story!

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Rohe House Nr. 5, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Monika Pancheva Architect

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Edith Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois

Ludwig Miles van der Rohe, architect, 1951

photo: David Castenson

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Happy edelgard day!

I actually drew this a few months ago and was planning to post it once i cleaned it up but alas, your girl was saddled with responsibility.

Bonus byleth sketch under the cut!

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jon val jon or something

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AB House, Barwon Heads, Australia - Office MI-JI

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Nose en que piensas tu, pero yo en ti.

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Cloudy Wine Table of The Spring and Autumn Period

Another attribute of the antique bar: a bronze wine table Jin (禁).

The name of this piece of furniture involves social advertising.  Jin means “forbidden”. The name is aimed at potential consumers, encouraging them to be moderate in drinking.

It was believed that the Shang and Xia dynasties fell into decline due to alcohol abuse. The term itself has been in use since the Zhou Dynasty, when the first Dry Law was proclaimed. Wine was allowed only in rituals, in other cases, drinking it entailed the death penalty. For the same reason, it could be assumed that the table also had a religious purpose.

The wine table belonged to the Grand Chancellor Zi Geng during the reign of King Kang of Chu (楚康王).

It was manufactured with a lost-wax casting, a technology that is more often used in jewelry. The wine table rests on twelve dragons that serve as its legs. Twelve more surround it, trying to climb onto the tabletop from all sides.

Sophisticated clouds are not just for decoration. It is an allegory of the primordial forces, accumulated between Heaven and Earth, in action. The very pictograph for Qi, invented just in the Spring and Autumn period, refers to the clouds.

Finely crafted, the table was unearthed in fragments. It was a feat on the part of the restorers to bring it together. Rebuilding under the guidance of the bronze ware expert Wang Changqing took more than two years.

On display in Henan Museum (河南博物院).

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silly best friends

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comedy

[lidoshka]

Leave the sword behind, grab the children's hands

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Fanart for the story "Resonant" by @syndrossi (and as you clearly see, I'm dying to see the moment Jon is given a clear bill of health!)

[theseusgardens]

How am I supposed to be okay and sane when he posts things like this?

Like honest to god, he does this in purpose to make me feral. I see you Mr. Kieran😩