#FishFriday:
Fish-Shaped Box
Probably made in India, Lucknow or Hyderabad, 19th c.
Zinc alloy; cast, engraved, inlaid w/ silver & brass (bidri ware)
L 9 1/4 in (23.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 19.135.15a, b
“Although the technique of inlaying metal known as bidri was invented in the Deccan in the 17th century, and Hyderabad remained a center for this type of metalwork into the 1800s, Lucknow, in northeastern India, also became an important center for production of bidri ware in the 18th and 19th centuries.”
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Unknown, God Indra visits imprisoned Sita in the Ravana Palace Garden While the Guardian Demoness Sleep (detail), 1775
Opaque watercolor with gold
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what a beautiful place to die
suraksha (2023) poems [album art by kush]
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The seated Buddha. Stucco sculpture from a stupa at the now-destroyed site of Hadda, Afghanistan, once part of the region of Gandhara. Artist unknown; ca. 300 CE (late Kushan period). Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Untitled, Gulam Rasool Santosh, 1977
Oil on canvas
46.8 x 38.2 cm (18 ⅜ x 15 in.)
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From #Woodensday into #Feathersday…
Taus (mayuri), India, c.1885
wood, parchment, metal, feathers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
“The name of this bowed instrument means peacock, the bird associated with Saraswati, the goddess of music. Popular at 19th century courts, it derives its form from the dilruba, an instrument combining features of other Indian stringed instruments like the sarangi and the sitar.”
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photo study and that awful, awful man that makes me wanna eat wood barks and kick my feet
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Rapunzel (●'◡'●)
Tangled is one of my favourite movies. It's a bit sad to see the comments on tiktok about castings, when I can totally envision such a beautiful princess and storyline. (~ ̄▽ ̄)~
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