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TLV mirror

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A TLV mirror is a type of mirror artifact (archaeology)|artifact from Han Dynasty China. They are called TLV mirrors because symbols resembling the letters T, L, and V are engraved into them.

TLV mirrors are circle|circular. At their centers is a circular boss inset on a square panel. The four sides of the square panel represent the four cardinal directions. Animal motifs are found around the square panel.

Some believe that the design of TLV mirrors is derived from the boardgame liubo.

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External links

http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2005.02.18.html Presentation at UC Berkeley on TLV mirrors

http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/tenji/chinretsu/moriya/moriya.html TLV mirrors at Kyoto National Museum

http://www.clevelandart.org/Explore/department.asp?level=0&deptgroup=4&display=list&recNo=25 Chinese mirrors at Cleveland Museum of Art

http://www.sinophilia.org/artestoria3.htm TLV mirrors in Chinese art history

http://history.chess.free.fr/liubo.htm TLV mirror compared to liubo

http://www.mythofcreation.co.uk/Arguments_explore/mayachina.htm TLV mirrors and relationship to world-views

http://www3.kcn.ne.jp/~kohe/eng32.html research involving heirloom mirrors

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