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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 ...
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 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 ...
The “unusual” artifact had a very important purpose 1,500 years ago, archaeologists said.
Bronze mirrors from China, Japanese-style bronze mirrors, bronze daggers, coins, bells, and halberds, iron tools, wooden tools, prehistoric human hair, and many other precious artifacts have been unearthed from Yoshinogari features. The total area of this site is approximately 40 hectares.
Qijia culture produced some of the earliest bronze and copper mirrors found in China. Extensive domestication of horses was found at many Qijia sites. The archaeological sites at Lajia, Huangniangniangtai, Qinweijia, and Dahezhuang [5] are associated with the Qijia culture. Qijia sites were also found in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous ...
A mirror reflecting the image of a vase A first-surface mirror coated with aluminium and enhanced with dielectric coatings. The angle of the incident light (represented by both the light in the mirror and the shadow behind it) exactly matches the angle of reflection (the reflected light shining on the table). 4.5-metre (15 ft)-tall acoustic mirror near Kilnsea Grange, East Yorkshire, UK, from ...
Bronze was used for this purpose in many parts of the world, probably based on independent discoveries. Bronze mirrors survive from the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (2040–1750 BCE), and China from at least c. 550 BCE. In Europe, the Etruscans were making bronze mirrors in the sixth century BCE, and Greek and Roman mirrors