#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 (��) 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).

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Everyone in this site talking about their favourite characters

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spinning their friendship around in my head

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seasons greetings from the forest of Doriath

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House Lange (1927-30) in Krefeld, Germany, by Mies van der Rohe. Photo from January 2025.

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"The Lady Miss Kier, "Vogue Italia January 1991

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Can you draw more of Thanos x Nam gyu but at his "parents house" Mi-nyeo and Deok-su being Nam-gyu's parents I love that AU

I'm so glad you like the AU!!

Pls know that I'm already drawing a part 2 of this AU. It's not finished yet so, for now, take this WIP of baby Nam-gyu:

(Mi-nyeo might not exactly look like herself but this is how she looks in my mind)

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Do u think the french would be offended if I added a jalapeño to this ratatouille I'm making or nah

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Day 2: Animals/Field trip!

Bro used his flip phone to take that picture.

clearer version:

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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

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what the f….

🎥 @medium-observation

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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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Wilson in the McGill sweatshirt

Bonus

Sarcastically smiling Wilson for the win!

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clawthorne sisters warm up doodle

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@feanorianweek #3 Celegorm - waves

Having Aredhel was like having a sister throughout their childhood.

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@feanorianweek #3 Celegorm - olas

Tener a Aredhel era como tener una hermana durante toda su infancia.

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House Lange (1927-28) in Krefeld, Germany, by Mies van der Rohe. Photo from January 2025.