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Al Brydon

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autumn in hemu scenic area 禾木村 

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Kemi-cat enjoying his window time 🐈‍⬛️✨️

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Owl Jar, Eastern Zhou (771-220 BCE),

Ash-glazed stoneware, H. 10.5 in.

© Trammell and Margaret Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas.

Photo Can Turkyilmaz

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"Onions", Yayoi Kusama, 1948.

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Dense pines

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Autumn

Lonquimay, La Araucanía Andina, Chile.

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Fall colors

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by ekhnreads

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Autumn colours are already showing up

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It takes me three hours to go one mile on this trail...

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Contemporary Art Bed Helioendimio Silver and Gold Leaf by Luigi Ontani

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Teapot, Takayuki Sakiyama, 2025

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An art collector's entrance in Bogotá, Colombia

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Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2024)

Photo by me.

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Upstairs

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Bronze and jade word hilt, State of Zhao,

Warring States Period (475-221 BCE),  

This artifact from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) is an ornamental piece fixed to the top of a sword hilt.

Crafted from gilded bronze and jade, it features a dynamic trio. A bronze dragon at the bottom is arched in motion and decorated with cloud motifs.

A jade dragon with grain-seed decorations mirrors the bronze one. A bronze tiger on the top is poised powerfully, its jaws gripping a red agate bead.

As a status symbol in the Zhao State, it showcases the exceptional artistry of their metalwork and jade craftsmanship. Unearthed in a tomb in Handan, Hebei, China.

The piece is now part of the Handan City Institute of Cultural Relics collection.