漢 銅錯銀瑞獸紋亞字形鏡

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英文品名：A HAN BRONZE INDENTED-SQUARE MIRROR WITH SILVER-INLAID AUSPICIOUS BEASTS 尺寸：L:18cm 銅鑄。亞字形鏡，鏡身作四方倭角，圓鈕。鏡背以錯銀滿飾瑞獸、祥雲，獸身飛馳，鬃毛捲曲，雲氣流轉。銀線纖細流暢，黑地白紋。鏡身黑亮，局部現青綠鏽。為漢代銅鏡。銅鏡古時以銅錫合金鑄成，正面磨光可鑑容，背面鈕穿繒帶，繫於鏡奩或置於鏡臺。漢代鏡除日常照容外，亦作陪嫁、饋贈、陪葬明器；古人以鏡為銅鑑，又信其能辟邪，故墓中置鏡以照幽冥。鏡背裝飾由漢初蟠螭，到西漢末四神、東漢畫像，題材漸繁。亞字形（四方倭角）鏡式對稱端嚴，錯銀瑞獸與雲氣紋佈滿鏡背，瑞獸奔走翻卷，取辟邪納吉之意；銀線與黑亮鏡地相映，益見古鏡之華。 A bronze mirror of indented-square form, with four rounded corners and a circular boss. The reverse is inlaid in silver wire with auspicious beasts and clouds, the beasts galloping, manes curling, clouds swirling. The silver line is fine against the dark patinated ground. The mirror is blackish with traces of green. Bronze mirrors were cast of copper-tin alloy, the front polished to reflect the face, the back pierced by a boss through which a silk cord was threaded and stored in a mirror box or set on a stand. Han mirrors served daily grooming, dowry gifts and burial; the Chinese believed the bronze mirror could ward off evil, so it was placed in tombs to light the netherworld. Back decoration evolved from early Han hydra to late Western Han Four-Gods and Eastern Han narrative scenes. The indented-square form is symmetric and dignified; silver-inlaid beasts and clouds cover the back, the beasts galloping amid swirling vapours to ward off evil and welcome good fortune, the silver line bright against the dark mirror.

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