Powder Flask and Wheellock Spanner Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony, Arms and Armor
Rogers Fund, 1928 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Brass, gold, steel, wood, velvet, gold-threaded cord
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Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira), Arms and Armor
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Queen of Collars, from The Cloisters Playing Cards, The Cloisters
The Cloisters Collection, 1983 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Paper (four layers of pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold
“Friendly reminder that every person you encounter is someone JESUS died for. Be kind.”—
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• hogwarts houses: ravenclaw • intelligence, wisdom, creativity, originality, individuality, acceptance; those of wit and learning will always find their kind.
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the flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
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Pantone color of the Year, Coral, recreation of a still from In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000)
Knife Handle (Kozuka), Arms and Armor
Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
1000 Picspams Challenge | #29 - The Silver Trio
have you ever just cried because you are you?
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