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Roman glass unguentarium in the form of a dove, containing the remains of a balsam 

Sealed since its manufacture, containing the remains of balsam and the liquid in which it was once suspended. The vessel would be blown and filled through either the open tail or beak, which would then be reheated to seal it. Accessing the contents would require snapping off the beak or tail, which in this case was never done.

Dated to the 2nd half of the 1st c. CE.

Found at Rovasenda (Vc).

#ancient rome #birds #glass

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Let’s watch.

(C.B)(5.19.18)

#quotes #art

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Christian Dior S/S 2009 - Details

#art #fashion #haute couture #dior #sequins #silver #pleats #gold

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“The word is an old cracked vessel where I must gather up the burning wine of my dreams.”

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Dulce María Loynaz, from  “LXXXIV,” Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems (Archipelago, 2016)

#quotes

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Reykjavík, Iceland 2016

#beautiful places #architecture #iceland

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“Sometimes, atnight, in bed, before I fall asleep, I think about a poem Imight write, someday, about my heart, says the heart.”

— Richard Siken, from “The Language of the Birds,” War of the Foxes  (Copper Canyon Press, 2015)

#quotes

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This 14th century archangel Gabriel in the V&A museum has two scars where their wings used to be, and that always makes me feel some kind of way.

#art #sculpture

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Svetlana Zakharova and Sergei Polunin in Giselle

#art #dance #ballet

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Magic Backstage (ph: Joseph Free).

#art #rodarte #fashion photography #roses

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by Jan Matejko /detail/

#art #hands #gold

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I need to lie back to front with someone who adores me

Jenny Holzer

#art #art installation

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‪Sophie Martynova after the SS19 show (ph: 0823n).

#art #fashion photography #rodarte #sophie martynova #tulle #white #roses

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Burning The Night by Alberto Rossetto

#seascape #lightening #blue

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Wings 2022

oil on canvas

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horses in qazaq steppe near almatı, 2013

#photography #nature #horses #red

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Rachel Ruysch - Rose

#art #roses #flowers #pink

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Nina Ricci feature photographed by Joe Lai for Vogue Ukraine December 2017

#art #fashion #nina ricci