English: Bronze mirror, steppic style. Photography taken in the National Museum, Beijing.
"The earliest recognisable Chinese bronze mirror was unearthed in Gansu Province and has been dated to the Neolithic period’s Qijia culture. Over the subsequent 4000 years of history, Chinese bronze mirror design, technology and prominence experienced several important time periods including the three most important: the Warring States (475–221 BC), the Han (202 BC–220 AD) and the Tang (618–907)." Close up to the surface: reflections on a preliminary forensic study of four Chinese bronze mirrors
Français : Miroir en bronze à suspendre par un demi-anneau central, orné de formes en étoile aux triangles hachurés, de style steppique. Gansu ou Qinghai. Photographie prise au Musée National de Chine, Pékin.
This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page.
The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by a Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2008102110031143.
I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
Websites & Picasaweb listed below are obsolete. Thousands of Public Domain photos from Chinese and world historical sites and museums are now hosted by Flickr and indexed at www.WorldHistoryPics.com