A fine Mughal gem-set and enamelled gold archer’s ring, North India, 17th century
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/art-imperial-india-l13502/lot.244.html
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My Tolkien Secret Santa for @toradh (who is an amazing artist btw, check out their blog!) and who likes Beleg and happy
Fëanorians. I’m ofc 100% on board with that, so here’s
Túrin
and Beleg,
Fëanor
and
Míriel, and Maedhros and Fingon.
(click through for full size and descriptions) I hope you like it!!! and Happy Holidays!! ❤
Photographer Dave Sandford braved the cold and turbulent waters of Lake Erie in late fall to capture some remarkable wave action. Like on the ocean, waves in the Great Lakes are largely driven by winds, but lakes don’t develop the constant set of rolling waves that oceans do. Instead their waves are more erratic and unpredictable. Sandford focused on capturing the moment when wind-driven waves coming into shore collided with waves rebounding from piers or rocks along the shore. The results are waves that, through Sandford’s lens, look like exploding mountainsides. Such energetic waves mix sediment and nutrients in the lake, and the spray of droplets can even loft aerosols and pollutants from the water into the atmosphere. (Photo credit: D. Sandford; via Flow Vis)
“…Кровь сочилась из швов плаща, сотканного из костей и отрезанных птичьих крыльев, спаянных между собой железом, спиралями черного и серого. Золотые змеи извивались вокруг шеи Моринготто, перетекая жидким янтарем, отравляя воздух ядовитой горечью воспоминаний…”
“Замысел Эру”, автор- Харт, полный текст:https://ficbook.net/readfic/4371765/12202860?show_com..
Iridescent Gold – Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado
A stunning example of the naturally iridescent natural golds which came
out in the early 1900s from the famous Breckenridge District of
Colorado, this superb small miniature has crystals of several habits,
accented with incredibly beautiful iridescent patina that one almost
never sees. The reason you do not see the colors on Colorado golds like
this, is most were cleaned with acid. This is probably au naturale,
since the day it came out.
~Hairnet.
Culture: Greek
Place of origin: Egypt
Date: 220 – 100 B.C.
Medium: Gold, garnet, and glass paste
~Wolf-Head Barge Fixture.
Date: A.D. 1-200
Place of origin: Italy, RomeFrom the source: This snarling wolf head is closely similar to others that were attached to a luxurious pleasure barge moored on a lake near Rome. The ship was designed as a floating platform for elaborate, hedonistic parties.
I run a serious Tolkien blog with serious lore.
~ Sucellus.
Culrure: Roman
Date: A.D. 1st-2nd century
Medium: Bronze
Place of origin: France, Vienne
~ Colossal winged bull from the Palace of Sargon II.
Ruler: Sargon II
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: 710 B.C. – 705 B.C.
Place of origin: Khorsabad, Gate B, Iraq
Medium: Gypsum
Named in inscription: Sennacherib
Adventures in speedpainting: Nan Elmoth
…. i really like glowing mushrooms, okay?
– the deeper into Nan Elmoth you go, the more surreal it is.
– the trees are huge. The fungi are huge. The whole forest is out to get you.
– I know the Silmarillion implies that Eol lives alone in his creepy forest.. but i prefer to think that there’s an entire enclave of elves in Nan Elmoth, and Eol is their lord.
– the elves in Nan Elmoth are a mix of Nandor and Sindar, those who refused to remove to Menegroth when Melian raised the girdle.
– The forest is soaked in enchantments, starting with the lingering echos of Melian’s song of entrapment and confusion that she ensnared Elu Thingol in ere the rising of the sun and moon. Eol adds to these, as do his hunters, meaning that Nan Elmoth is almost impossible to enter without permission of its Lord.
– There are also ents living in Nan Elmoth, who are just as huge and twisted and covered in glowing fungi as the trees.
– Aredhel takes one look at Nan Elmoth and decides she needs to explore it, and promptly gets trapped in the enchantments.
– Even by the time Maeglin is grown, she still can’t make it across the forest without getting lost. That doesn’t stop her from trying.
– don’t drink from the river.
~ Amphoriskos (Flask).
Culture: Roman
Place: Roman Empire
Date: ca. 25 B.C.
Medium: Rock crystal
Rhodochrosite
Locality: NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, North Cape Province, South Africa
The palantír replied to each, but all those in Gondor were ever open to the view of Osgiliath. Now it appears that, as the rock of Orthanc has withstood the storms of time, so there the palantír of that tower has remained. But alone it could do nothing but see small images of things far off and days remote. Very useful, no doubt, that was to Saruman; yet it seems that he was not content. Further and further abroad he gazed, until he cast his gaze upon Barad-dûr. Then he was caught!
some quick falmari doodles: random teleri and finrod (3) and galadriel (4) dressed for visiting their family in alqualonde lol
falmari things: callused hands, early mornings on the sea, frutti di mare EVERYTHING, beach parties, tropical house (sorry but) (yes), brawling at the docks, best collection of swearwords this side of the sea, probably invented surfing???, fish markets starts at the mingling of the lights
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