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This Chinese bronze mirror with a phoenix motif dates from the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE). The phoenix was the female counterpart to the male dragon in mythology, and it was also a symbol of Chinese empresses...

An Etruscan bronze mirror with an engraved scene depicting a nymph and Silenus. 500 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum, Rome)

A fresco showing a woman looking in a mirror as she dresses (or undresses) her hair. From the Villa of Arianna at Stabiae (Castellammare di Stabia). 1st century CE. Naples National Archaeological Museum.

A Korean Bronze Age fine-line geometric mirror discovered at the Yayoi Period site of Ogata, Kashiwara-shi, Osaka, Japan. This specimen dates from the 4th-1st century BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A collection of gold Scythian dress ornaments and a mirror. Collection of the Altes Museum, Berlin.

Silver mirror with an elaborate relief on the backside depicting an episode of the myth of Phrixus and Helle from the ancient Greek legend of the Golden Fleece, end of 2nd century CE. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome)

A gouache on paper painting titled "The Mirror and the Mask" 80's by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. An age of glitter and unrest, where fame became faith...

Cast in bronze with a floral motif, this back of a Seljuk mirror dates to the 12th-13th century CE. Made in what is now Turkey and acquired in Istanbul. (British Museum, London)

An eight-lobed cast bronze mirror with flowers and luan (a mythical bird) decoration. From Mount Tsuwado, Mukuno, Yamaga-machi, Kitsuki-shi, Oita, Japan. Nara Period, 8th century CE. Tokyo National Museum)

A gouache on paper painting titled "The Mirror and the Mask" (2) by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the voice of the streets. From concrete...