漢 銅錯銀纏枝蓮紋菱花鏡

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英文品名：A HAN BRONZE LOBED MIRROR WITH SILVER-INLAID SCROLLING LOTUS 尺寸：D:19cm 銅鑄。菱花形鏡，圓鈕。鏡背以錯銀工藝滿飾纏枝蓮、牡丹，花朵碩大，葉脈舒展，枝葉纏繞。銀線與銅地對比素雅，邊緣起稜。鏡身褐黑鏽，局部現青綠鏽。為漢代銅鏡。錯金銀是在青銅器表面預先鑄出或鏨出凹槽，將金、銀絲或片錘鑲入槽內，再加錘打令其牢固，最後厝石打磨平滑，金銀與銅地齊平，光華相映。此工始於春秋，盛於戰國、西漢，常用於兵器、車馬器、帶鉤、銅鏡。銅鏡以銅錫合金鑄成，正面磨光可照容，背面穿帶懸於鏡奩，或置於鏡臺。鏡背飾瑞獸、祥雲，取辟邪納吉之意；菱花形鏡緣曲線優美，握持便於摩挲，是漢代以來高級銅鏡常見式樣。 A bronze mirror of lobed form, with a circular boss. The reverse is inlaid in silver wire with scrolling lotus and peony, blossoms large and veins spreading over twisting vines. The silver line contrasts with the bronze ground. The rim is edged. The mirror is blackish with traces of green. Gold- and silver-inlay is made by casting or chiselling shallow channels into the bronze, hammering gold or silver wire or sheet into them, then rubbing smooth with a polishing stone until flush. Used from the Spring-and-Autumn period through the Warring States and Western Han, it decorated weapons, harnesses, belt hooks and mirrors. Mirrors were cast of copper-tin alloy, the front polished to reflect the face, the back threaded with a silk cord and kept in a mirror box or set on a stand. Beasts and clouds on the back warded off evil and welcomed good fortune; the lobed rim curves gracefully and sits pleasantly in the hand, a common form of fine bronze mirror since Han times.

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