Daryukyo - Bronze Mirror with Design of Divinities and Dragons Mirrors, with their power to reflect people’s images or light fires, were regarded as sacred objects in ancient times.

This bronze mirror was ... Owning a mirror was said to be one of the traits of a ‘magician’ in the Roman world. In other cultures a round mirror was seen as a miniature version of the sun ...

Neil MacGregor tells the story of a bronze mirror found at the bottom of a sacred pond. Show more The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London.