Alain Truong ♎🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

'Elephant' Painted Brick, Western Jin Dynasty, 3rd Century. Excavated from the Foye Temple, Dunhuang, Gansu Province. Collection of the Dunhuang Museum.

L'union européenne et le Royaume-Uni face au conflit israélo/trumpo-iranien 😁

L'homme d'État qui cède à la fièvre guerrière doit comprendre qu'une fois le signal donné, il n'est plus maître de sa politique, mais esclave d'événements imprévisibles et incontrôlables… »
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

‘’Ne croyez jamais, jamais, jamais qu'une guerre sera facile et sans heurts, ni que quiconque s'embarque dans cet étrange voyage puisse prévoir les marées et les ouragans qu'il rencontrera...

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Pommes cannelle, l'un de mes fruits préférés, toute mon enfance...

René Lalique, pendentif [Deux coqs], vers 1901/1902, ayant appartenu à Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) © Les Arts Décoratifs / photo : Jean Tholance © ADAGP, Paris / photo : Jean Tholance pour Les Arts Décoratifs

René Lalique, bracelet de cheville [Chauve-souris], Paris, vers 1898/1899, ayant appartenu à Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) © ADAGP, Paris / photo : Jean Tholance pour Les Arts Décoratifs.

René Lalique (1860-1945), Bague [Chauve-souris], Paris, vers 1899, ayant appartenu à Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) © Les Arts Décoratifs / photo : Jean Tholance

Bowl, Vietnam, Lê dynasty 1501 - 1600. Ceramic with gold repair, 10.8 cm height. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (EA1968.9)

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Teabowl, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century. Northern blackware, Cizhou type; stoneware with dark brown glaze and overglaze russet flecks, 5.6 × 10.9 cm. Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, 2013.257 © Art Institute of Chicago

🔴🇫🇷 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢 — La pétition pour CONSERVER les anciens vitraux de Notre-Dame de Paris, qu’Emmanuel Macron souhaite remplacer par des vitraux contemporains, vient de dépasser les 300 000 SIGNATURES.

Sake Bottle (Tokkuri) with Flowers and Grasses, Edo period (1615–1868), early 18th century. Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type). The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, 1975 (1975.268.477) © The Met, NY

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Bonjour et bon lundi

Jar (Tsubo) with Stylized Net Design, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1620–40. Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type). H. 14.6 cm; Diam 13.3 cm. The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, 1975 (1975.268.457) © The Met, NY

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Small Dish (Kozara) with Chinese Male Figure, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1620–30s. Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type). H. 3 cm; Diam. 15.2 cm. The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, 1975 (1975.268.495) © The Met

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H. 21 cm; W. 6.7 cm; D. 4.8 cm.

Hanging Flower Holder (Hanaire) with Woman Holding a Flag, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1660–70s. Porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware, Arita type). The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, 1975 (1975.268.473) © The Met, NY

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Bonne nuit

Cup and Cupstand, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), 11th century. Northern black ware, Cizhou type; light-gray stoneware with dark-brown glaze. h. 10.3 cm diam. 11.3 cm. Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, 2013.192 © Art Institute of Chicago

Tea Bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th century. Jian ware; dark-gray stoneware with dark-brown glaze and overglaze “hare’s fur” markings in iron oxide; 7.5 × 12.2 cm. Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection 1924.326 © Art Institute of Chicago

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Teabowl with Everted Mouth Rim, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th century. Fujian province. Jian ware; dark-gray stoneware with dark-brown glaze and “hare’s fur” markings in iron oxide, 5.3 × 10.9 cm. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson, 1900.1475 © Art Institute of Chicago

Tea Bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279), 12th-13th century. Jian ware; stoneware with dark brown "hare's fur" glaze and metal rim, 6.4 × 12.3 cm. Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1924.331 © Art Institute of Chicago

Small Cup, Jin dynasty, (1115–1234), 13th century. Jun ware; stoneware with opaque pale-blue and crimson-splashed glaze, 4.1 × 8.8 cm. Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1922.1390 © Art Institute of Chicago

Double-Handled Cup with Handles in the Form of Chi (Hornless) Dragon, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, 13th century. Qingbai ware, 8.5 × 11.7 cm. Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, 2013.217 © Art Institute of Chicago