Last night's haul: Two-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks
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August 6, 2026
Last Night's Haul
Two-tier tube (<em>cong</em> 琮) with masks
Two-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks
Unknown, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE
Jade (nephrite) · lifted from the National Museum of Asian Art
also in the bag:
Waterfall between Chiavenna and Mount Splügen
Waterfall between Chiavenna and Mount Splügen
Francis Towne (British, 1739/40–1816), 1784 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Barbarian fugitives and their animals are brought out of their hiding-place...
Barbarian fugitives and their animals are brought out of their hiding-place...
Giovanni Guerra, 1544-1618 · SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark
Marie Bracquemond - On the Terrace at Sèvres (Artizon Museum)
Marie Bracquemond - On the Terrace at Sèvres (Artizon Museum)
Marie Bracquemond, 1880 · Wikimedia Commons
Tamaca Palms
Tamaca Palms
Frederic Edwin Church, 1854 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
Fish Women, Ostend
Fish Women, Ostend
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), 1887 · the National Museum of Asian Art
The Line
"You filled me with a wild desire to know everything about life. Well, one evening about seven o'clock, I determined to go out in search of some adventure."
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
From the Vault
[Innsbruck, the Golden Porch, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary]
[Innsbruck, the Golden Porch, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary], 1890
found in the Library of Congress
On the Lam
Lalibela, Ethiopia
Lalibela, Ethiopia
Lalibela is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Lasta district and North Wollo Zone, it is a tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithic churches designed in contrast to the earlier monolithic churches in Ethiopia. Lay low here.
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