Object

Mirror with TLV Pattern and Plant Motif

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Date
制作年 BC2
Title
ホウカクキクソウヨウモンキョウ
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Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
Ref. number
AW-CEN-002024-0000
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CC BY Images license
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慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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A pattern using the shapes of a T, inverted L, and V, or the famous TLV design, often decorates these ancient mirrors and is strategically placed at the four corners, along each side, or at the places opposite the four apexes of the square. These mirrors are often called “TLV mirrors.” Some scholars give cosmological significance to the TLV pattern, saying that it symbolizes the universe. Other scholars claim that it simply developed from a board on which an ancient game of checkers was played. Even if true, the rules of the game have since been lost, and the significance of the square pattern cannot be verified. The four sides of the square were often decorated with various motifs. Plant leaves, as the one seen here, is relatively old mirrors.

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AW-CEN-002024-0000
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CC BY
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慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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Keio Museum Commons
Campus Mita
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Title (EN)
Mirror with TLV Pattern and Plant Motif

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Quantity 1面

Identifiers

Title (EN)
Mirror with TLV Pattern and Plant Motif

Physical description

Weights and quantities
Quantity 1面