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Random Treasure
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2012-06-01
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A superb hand sized display quality example for peridot! Terminated crystals to 5.0 cm in height are covering nicely the top of matrix. Sits nicely for display by itself and shows all around 360 degrees. No damage or chipping. The crystals are translucent and a darker green in color due to inclusions of ludwigite. Size: 8.5 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm.
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2012-05-31
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2012-05-30
Desiderius Helmschmid, Helmet of Emperor Charles V, c.1540
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Filippo Negroli, Burgonet, Embossed steel damascended with gold, 1543
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2012-05-21
Ink and materials like gold can last a long time, but another kind of medium is less enduring: human blood. That’s the case with a 1931 Chinese sutra on display, where faded, light brownish-gray characters are written on white paper. But the stuff of life may be best kept inside the body. ‘The thing with human blood is that it’s very unstable and it fades very fast,’ Pakhoutova says. This tradition has been mentioned in regard to Tibetan texts, too, in which blood was reportedly mixed with ink—and it’s not a sinister practice, as she explains. ‘On the part of the person who donated the blood,’ she says, ‘it’s the expression of devotion, to acquire merit, and if this was the blood of a very famous master, it would also kind of consecrate the text,’ making it more sacred.
— Rob Verger for Newsweek, “Codex Moment”
Source: thedailybeast.com
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2012-05-18
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2012-05-17
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2012-05-06
Lanvin Spring/Summer 2010
I need it for my happiness…
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