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  2. Chinese magic mirror - Wikipedia

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    The same mirror reflecting the image onto a screen. The Chinese magic mirror (simplified Chinese: 透光镜; traditional Chinese: 透光鏡; pinyin: tòu guāng jìng) traces back to at least the 5th century, [2] although their existence during the Han dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD) has been claimed. [3] The mirrors were made out of solid bronze.

  3. TLV mirror - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Bronze mirror - Wikipedia

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    Bronze mirrors were produced in China from Neolithic times 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 generally had a knob ...

  5. Chinese ritual bronzes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Shinju-kyo - Wikipedia

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    A Shinjū-kyō (神獣鏡, "deity and beast mirror") is an ancient type of Japanese round bronze mirror decorated with images of gods and animals from Chinese mythology. The obverse side has a polished mirror and the reverse has relief representations of legendary Chinese shén ( 神 "spirit; god"), xiān ( 仙 "transcendent; immortal"), and ...

  7. Chinese sun and moon mirrors - Wikipedia

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    The sun-mirror (Chinese: 陽燧; pinyin: yángsuì) and moon-mirror (Chinese: 方諸; pinyin: fāngzhū) were bronze tools used in ancient China.A sun-mirror was a burning-mirror used to concentrate sunlight and ignite a fire, while a moon-mirror was a device used to collect nighttime dew by condensation.