I have a piece of grass leaf pattern bronze mirror in the Han Dynasty: 16.2 cm, weight: 508 grams, thick: 0.42 cm, persimmon pattern New seat, the new seat is an inscription belt, there are twelve inside, there are twelve inside

The source flow of copper mirrors
The copper mirror unearthed from the Yin Shang Dynasty has only five sides. The back of the mirror has a bow -shaped button on the back of the mirror, decorated with a mat and scales pattern. The other four sides are circular, with arched ring buttons on the back of the mirror, and decorated with leaf veins or multi -circle convex string patterns. At this time, the copper mirror pattern has its own style. This style is also found on other utensils unearthed at the same time. For example, the strings and milk nails on the bronze mirror are also common in the bronze mirror of Yin Dynasty.
Thenone in the Western Zhou Dynasty has fifteen sides, all of which are round. The mirror surface is straight or slightly convex, the mirror body is thin, and the mirror button has a variety of olives, bow -shaped, half cups, and rectangular. It can be divided into three categories: plain mirror, heavy ring mirror, and bird and beast pattern. The Western Zhou Dynasty was mainly plain mirror. In the late period of this period, the decoration of the mirror back changed, and the new animal decoration appeared, breaking the traditional style.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are the era of bronze mirrors in my country. The characteristics of the Warring States Period's copper mirrors are: lightweight, exquisite decoration, smooth lines, and the naive and simple style of bronze mirrors in the early stage, showing the new appearance of bronze craftsmanship. At this time, most of the copper mirrors are round. There are various ways of decoration, such as fresh reliefs, high reliefs, gold and silver errors, embedded stones, and painting. The pattern mostly uses ground lining to reflect the main pattern method, and the main pattern of the main pattern is interesting. The pattern looks perfect and harmonious. Divide the type of decoration pattern based on the theme patterns of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. A total of the following categories:
1, vegetarian mirrors: full -plain mirrors, string pattern mirrors, wide -stringed plain mirrors.
2. Pure ground mirrors: feathers -like mirrors, cloud -thunder ground mirrors.
3. Flower and leaf mirrors: leaf Wen Jing, petal mirror, flower leaf mirror.
4. Mountain -character mirror: Sanshan Mirror, Sishan Mirror, Wushan Mirror, Liushan Mirror.
5. Lingwen mirror: folding diamond mirror, coherent diamond pattern mirror.
6. Beast pattern mirror: beast mirror, phoenix mirror, beast pattern mirror.
7. 螭.
The bronze mirror in the Western Han Dynasty has also developed greatly in production and artistic expression. From the early Western Han Dynasty to the Emperor Wu, the bronze mirror gradually became thick, and New Duo made a hemisphere or a persimmon. There are also new changes in pattern layout and pattern. The four -point layout form organized by four breast nails appeared. The main pattern was prominent, and the ground pattern gradually disappeared. The theme pattern is simple and the pattern structure is simple, which has changed the rigorous fine style during the Warring States Period. From the late Western Han Dynasty to the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the regular mirror became the most exquisite type. The decorations are mainly four gods. The patterns include the four gods, animals, birds, and group evils, and feathers. The layout of the decoration breaks through the ancient sample design of the "symmetry", and the "axis symmetry" style has appeared. In addition, the emergence of "light mirrors" also brought great glory to the Ming inscription mirror. The so -called light transmitting mirror refers to a bronze mirror that can image the words back or inscription on the wall that is opposite to the mirror when the mirror is facing the sun or other light sources. In addition to continuing the Warring States mirror in the Han Dynasty, the most popular copper mirrors are roughly the following 15 categories:
. 螭 螭: Wind -style tattoo pattern, interval -type 螭 螭 mirror, rules -type 螭 螭 pattern mirror.
2. 虺 ：: square grid four -虺 mirror, connecting arc 虺 虺 mirror.
3. Grass leaf pattern mirror: four milk grass leaf mirrors, rules of grass leaf patterns.
4, nebula mirror.
5. The arc inscription mirror.
6. Circle inscription mirror.
7, four milk birds and animal patterns.
8. Rule pattern mirror: Four Gods, Birds and Beast Pattern Mirrors, Geometric Pattern Mirrors, simplify the Mirror.
9, multi -milk bird and animal pattern mirror.
10. Arcs.
11. Transformed tetraite mirror.
12. The beast mirror: heavy column beast mirror, surrounding magic beast mirror.
13. Portrait mirror: historical figure portrait mirror, god human car portrait mirror, four gods, bird portrait mirrors.
14. 纹
15, dragon tiger pattern mirror; dragon tiger compete mirror, Panmatmotic mirror.
It Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, due to the frequent wars and social turmoil, my country's copper mirror manufacturing industry entered the middle of the middle. During this period, the style still follows the Han mirror, and the triangle is the most popular. Copper mirror pattern is often based on folk stories. In addition, the Buddha statue pattern also appeared, which is also a significant feature of the bronze mirror during this period.
The era of feudal society in the Sui and Tang dynasties is a very prosperous era. It ended for more than 300 years of split separation and reunited; it absorbed the culture of the Siyi brothers and integrated it. The bronze mirror craft has a strong sense of the times. It is the same as the entire culture. It not only climbs unprecedented peaks in the casting process, but also has unprecedented achievements in decorative arts. In terms of technology, the increase in the proportion of tin and silver (about 40%) makes the mirror look particularly bright and white, and the image is very clear. In terms of shape, the end is heavy and exquisite, and the shapes are different. There are sunflowers, diamond flowers, squares, hexagonal, octagonal, and sub -shapes. The decoration is free and lively, generous and beautiful, and becoming worldly. It is aesthetic and wealthy and yearning for the aesthetic concept of Xianshan Qiong Pavilion. Lotushe, grapes, bouquets, and Chang'e Ben Moon, Prince Jin Blowing flute, Fairy, Moon Palace and other treasure birds, flowers, birds,, fish, fish, mythology, everything, colorful, colorful and magnificent, reflecting the society of the Tang Dynasty The prosperity of prosperity and prosperity. The five generations after the Tang Dynasty only experienced half a century, and it can be said to be the legacy of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, few new mirrors came out, and the folks used Tang mirrors, and even the new mirrors could not see the characteristics.
This in the Song Dynasty has made great progress in economic and scientific and technological, reflected in the development of copper mirror technology, another climax. However, due to the limited production of copper, the copper ban in the Song Dynasty was relatively strict, and the amount of copper mirrors was large, so the Song mirror was cast thinly, and the alloy craft could not catch up with the Tang Dynasty. However, its progress is mainly manifested in decorative art. Of course, decorative arts are also closely related to aesthetics. After the eulogy class of the Song Dynasty and the scholars, after the prosperous society of the Tang Dynasty, their aesthetics turned to the nature of landscapes, flowers and birds. Essence This aesthetic interest is naturally reflected in the decoration art of copper mirrors. Therefore, most of the decorative themes we see are sketching, flowers and plants, birds, beasts, fish insects, landscapes, small bridges, and flowers who are intoxicated with natural beauty. These themes often use fine reliefs to pursue real aesthetics, and there is no mysterious atmosphere, as if the shots recorded from social life or nature, or a painter sketching. Such decoration is a major turning point in the history of the development of Chinese bronze mirrors, showing a strong sense of the times. We can also see the characteristics of Song Mirror, which are diverse in the shape of the mirror, especially with a large number of handle mirrors. Some mirrors are cast with marks, mirror workshops, year and month, name, and state inspection officer, etc. It shows that the Song Dynasty not only had the official office casting workshop, but also a lot of folk mirror workshops. The copper mirrors of the Yuan and Ming dynasties followed the Song Mirror style. Not only did they not develop and tended to decline, it can be said to be the end of the history of the development of the bronze mirror in China. In particular, the bronze mirror decoration of the Ming Dynasty was very rough, and the circular pattern centered on the buttons was transformed into a deep picture of the relationship between up and down, left and right. In addition to some of the high -relief characters in the subject matter, a large number of plain places are cast, such as "long life and wealth", "Fulu Xiangxuan" and so on. After in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, due to the general use of glass, the bronze mirror lost its practical value. It is generally used for avoiding evil. It is called a victorious mirror, and its artistic value cannot be talked about.
. The value of the copper mirror
The copper mirror is a daily utensils that decorate the face, and it is also a beautiful craft. It has a good casting, beautiful form, gorgeous patterns, and rich inscriptions. It is a treasure of ancient cultural and artistic heritage in my country. The back of the bronze mirror is decorated with various patterns and inscriptions. The emergence and popularity of these decorations and inscriptions have a certain relationship with the political, economic, ideological, ideological, social life and the fashion of the times. Due to the small back of the mirror back, the themes selected by the decoration are more representative and typical, providing us with reliable physical materials for us to understand and study ancient society. Bronze mirrors also occupy an important position in archeological research. It is a common funeral item in ancient Chinese tombs. Because the bronze mirrors of various historical period have their own characteristics, it has become one of the major standards of ancient tombs

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