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Etruscan mirror back incised with the Judgement of Paris, 4th–3rd century BCE (Musée du Louvre). Bronze mirrors preceded the glass mirrors of today. This type of mirror, sometimes termed a copper mirror, has been found by archaeologists among elite assemblages from various cultures, from Etruscan Italy to Japan.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 04:31, 25 November 2008: 683 × 1,062 (789 KB): PericlesofAthens {{Information |Description=Detail on the backside of a Chinese Western Han Dynasty bronze mirror painted with pigment and designs of flower motif and scenes of daily life during the 2nd century BC. |Source="Brilliant Artifacts" in ''Recarving China's Past
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Confederate monument made of white bronze in Floyd, Virginia. White bronze is a white-coloured alloy. Examples of various alloys composed of copper, tin and zinc or composed of zinc, copper, aluminum and magnesium. [1] [2] A modern composition contains 55% copper, 30% tin and 15% zinc. [3] A 1904 patent for "white bronze" is composed of 86% ...
TLV mirror from the Eastern Han period "TLV mirror" is the name given by archeologists to a type of bronze mirror that was popular during the Han dynasty in China. They are called TLV mirrors because symbols resembling the Latin letters "T," "L" and "V" are cast in the design. They were produced from around the 2nd century BCE until the 2nd ...
A mirror unearthed from Yanagimoto Otsuka Tomb , displayed in Tokyo National Museum. Flower Mirrors (内行花文鏡, Naikoukamonkyō) are a type of bronze mirror that was popular in the late Han dynasty in China. They were imported from the Yayoi period to the Kofun period, along with imitations made by Yayoi.