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Bronze mirrors were produced in China from Neolithic times [citation needed] until Western glass mirrors were brought to China. Bronze mirrors were usually circular, with one side polished bright, to give a reflection, and the reverse side normally decorated in cast relief in early examples, later on sometimes inlaid in precious metal. They ...
40 bronze mirrors, an iron sword with a ring pommel and many beads of various type. Among the bronze mirrors are the largest specimen of their kind with a diameter of 46.5 cm (18.3 in) Yayoi period–Kofun period: Hirabaru Site (平原遺跡, Hirabaru iseki), Maebaru, Fukuoka; excavated in 1965
Jiàn (鑑 or 鑒): Refers to two different objects: either a tall, broad bronze dish for water, or a circular bronze mirror, usually with intricate ornamentation on the back. The modern meaning is a mirror. Jué (钁): Farming implement shaped like a pickaxe, but used as a hoe.
The Yata no Kagami represents "wisdom" or "honesty," depending on the source. [2] Its name literally means "The Eight Ata Mirror," a reference to its size. [3] [4] Mirrors in ancient Japan represented truth because they merely reflected what was shown, and were objects of mystique and reverence (being uncommon items).
The mirrors were made out of solid bronze. The front was polished and could be used as a mirror, while the back has a design cast in the bronze, [2] or other decoration. When sunlight or other bright light shines onto the mirror, the mirror appears to become transparent. If that light is reflected from the mirror onto a wall, the pattern on the ...
The mirror was discovered in mid-1908 by workmen outside Desborough, Northamptonshire, alongside a small and near contemporary brooch (also in bronze). Along with the mirror found in Birdlip, Gloucester, the Desborough Mirror is widely considered to be the finest of the roughly 26 surviving, fully intact and decorated Iron Age bronze mirrors ...
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