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A rather large garden bed with a layer of parsley at the bottom of the image ... in contrast to the flower types accompanying it. The silver foliage, I think, is called Dusty Miller.
I thought of calling this photo "Mother Nature's Sandwich".
If one were to combine the red and the green, the photo has a feel of Christmas about it, don't you reckon? It was very tempting to pinch a bit of parsley to nibble on, but I resisted the temptation !!
Beautiful ancient temple, decorated with wonderful terracotta artwork, at the premises of iconic Radhagovindjiu temple.
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Kalna is a small town on the banks of the River Ganges in the state of West Bengal,India some 80 kms from Kolkata.These are the beautiful terracotta temples in Kalna built in the 18th and 19th centuries and now beautifully maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.
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The Masters Bar is situated in what was once the Waverley Hotel on the corner of South Street and Jameson Street in Hull. It is certainly a riot of terracotta ornamentation at ground floor level.
At this point in our tour of China, we hit one of the highlight sights of our trip - the famous Terracotta Army in Xian (Xi'an). [UNESCO World Heritage Site]. Built by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, this underground army lay undiscovered for over 2200 years.
Construction of this mausoleum began in 246 BCE and the project eventually involved 700,000 conscripted workers. As of the date I made this image, four main pits approximately 7 metres (23 ft) deep have been excavated. The main pit (Pit 1) shown in this photo Pit 1, is about the size of a football field (230 metres (750 ft) long and 62 metres (203 ft) wide). It contains the main army of more than 6,000 life-size clay (terracotta) figures. Originally they were all coloured, decorated and equipped with real weapons.
Most of the soldiers were reduced to rubble through vandalism and a large fire a few years after the death of Qin. Since the discovery of the site in 1974, China has been actively working to reconstruct nd preserve the Terracotta Army. The photo shows how well this has been progressing.
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A "Terracotta Army" made up of hundreds of the same female. An exhibition in the Power Station of Art in Shanghai.
The view inside the Mausoleum Site Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses.
Within a stadium sized museum hall built to protect them, the majority of the Emperor Qinshihuang's funerary army of terracotta soldiers and horses have been left in place in the ground where they were discovered and unearthed. The army stands deployed as it was 2,200 years ago.
You can walk all around the perimeter of the hall, though most visitors choose to view the Terracotta Army from the platform at the end (on the right).
Numbering in the thousands, the terracotta soldier sculptures of Qin Shi Huang's funerary army date to 210 BC. They were the symbolic protectors of the Emperor's mausoleum; the terracotta army face outwards from the tomb.
Xian; September 2003
(This is a panorama stitched image.)
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The amazing Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, China - 2018
My wife and I traveled to Xi'an, China in 2018 to see these amazing pieces of history. It was my second trip but my wife's first,
Burton Buildings in Wrexham was built in 1896. It has rather fallen on hard times but still maintains the original shop fronts and some lovely terracotta work which was probably supplied by J C Edwards of Ruabon. Considering the proximity of an extensive terracottta industry in the vicinity it is surprising how little of the local product is to be seen in Wrexham. The bins are a bonus item.
The Bell-Edison Telephone Building on Newhall Street in Birmingham is a terracotta delight. It was completed in 1896 to the design of architect Frederick Martin of the firm Martin & Chamberlain. Whilst fairly plain at ground level, the upper storeys feature a rich variety of terracotta ornamentation
Discovered in 1974 in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province by local farmers drilling for a well, the Terracotta Army consists of over 8,000 man-made soldier figures, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses who were buried with the First Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in in 210-209 BC. Their purpose was to help rule another empire with Shi Huang as well as defend him from any dangers in the the afterlife.
I didn't come up with the title to this photo - my mum actually calls this Terracotta Corner!! How sweet. If you look closely, yes there's another bench!!
This fine bit of terracotta came as a surprise when I visited the Cornish village of Golant on the Fowey. The former Reading Room is now the village hall. My guess is that this is the work of one of Cornwall's brickworks rather than an import from elsewhere in England or Wales.
n the spring of 1974, farmers digging a well in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi province China, were startled to discover an intact terracotta head. From there acheologists began to unearth an astonishing scene — a cavernous vault containing an entire army of warriors meant to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang as he made his journey into the afterlife. View the incredible sight for yourself.
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The Worcester Hop Market and Hotel were built in 1900 to the design of local architect A B Rowe. This terracotta panel on Sansome Street is over the arched entrance to the warehouses associated with the market.
Burton Buildings in Wrexham was built in 1896 and is adorned with lovely terracotta work which was probably supplied by J C Edwards of Ruabon. Considering the proximity of an extensive terracottta industry in the vicinity it is surprising how little of the local product is to be seen in Wrexham.
Top of The iconic Radhagovindjiu temple, decorated with wonderful terracotta artwork.
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Terrakotta Armee Ausstellung / Terracotta Army Exhibition - Tabakfabrik Linz - Linz an der Donau / Linz at the Danube - Oberösterreich / Upper Austria - Österreich / Austria
Beautiful ancient temple, decorated with wonderful terracotta artwork, at the premises of iconic Radhagovindjiu temple.
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Campion Chambers, 23-25 St Nicholas Place, Leicester features cream terracotta and a nice art deco font. I guess it dates from the 1920s. The replacement windows don't help and I have cut off the garish subway frontage on the ground floor level.
Imposing terracotta ornamentation on these houses in Draycott Place, Chelsea. The terracotta work has a feel of having been supplied by Doulton. This street was built in the early 1890s.
Terracotta build date on the Simms Reeve intitute at Brancaster. The building is named after the man who was Lord of the Manor in the later years of the nineteenth century.
The Bull Inn at Llangollen was refaced with terracotta in 1908. The LLB above the bull's head is thought to represent the Llangollen Brewery. The building is listed Grade II
William Morgan recorded at the Llangollen Brewery in 1835. By 1870 owned by J S Tanqueray, who was a partner in Combe & Co. Ltd, London, until 1869 when he opened a brewery off New Oxford Street, then moved to Llangollen. The brewery was sold in 1919 and converted into a milk and cheese factory. A later attempt to re-establish the brewery was not realised. The pubs were acquired by F. W. Soames & Co. Ltd of Wrexham.
3 shohin/mame size bonsai pots with hand-carved pine tree designs made by Steve Greaves.
Terracotta clay fired to stoneware 1180°C
Made in Yorkshire UK 2021.
The £1 coin shows the scale.
Qin Shihuang (259-210 BCE), the First Emperor of China, conquered much in this life, but his driving purpose was even greater: He sought to conquer death. In order to achieve immortality, he built himself a tomb—a vast underground city guarded by a life-size terracotta army including warriors, infantrymen, horses, chariots and all their attendant armor and weaponry. Here are two archers and a charioteer; they are on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. They are mesmerizing, as is the story.
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Kantanagar Temple at Kantanagar,is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The Kantajew Temple is one of the most magnificent religious edifices belonging to the 18th century. The temple belongs to the popular Hindu Kanta or Krishna and this is most popular with the Radha-Krishna cult (assemble of memorable love) in Bengal. This beautiful temple is dedicated to Krishna and his wife Rukmini. Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1704 CE and ended in the reign of his son Raja Ramnath 1722 CE,during the reign of his son Maharaja Ramnath. It boasts one of the greatest examples on Terracotta architecture in Bangladesh and once had nine spires, but all were destroyed in an earthquake that took place in 1897.