Bronze mirrors can be distinguished by people, with exquisite shapes and ever-changing patterns. It reflects China's long-standing cultural tradition and is indeed a treasure that collectors are chasing. However, a large number of people who started to collect in the collection often feel that the bronze mirror is good, but the "learning" is too deep and difficult to grasp. There are also many old "ancient mirror fans" who have already collected dozens of bronze mirrors. They are difficult to recognize in the face of the luxuriant ornamentation and ancient inscriptions. Even the most basic identification is difficult.

In fact, although the Chinese bronze mirrors are numerous in variety and complicated in decoration, they are carefully analyzed and summarized, but they are only a few large categories. As long as we carefully observe, repeatedly compare and carefully compare, the authenticity of the bronze mirror is not difficult to identify, and the judgment of the times is also lawful. This article provides some rough understanding of the appreciation and identification of bronze mirrors in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties.

Since human beings have got rid of the primitive stage of slash and burn, there has been a pursuit of beauty, and the mirror came into being. The earliest "mirror" was to put water into a container and use the calm water to reflect the shadow of the person. This water-filled container is like a large tank called Jian. Later, people often referred to mirrors as "jian". In the Yin Shang period, the production level of bronzes was greatly improved. It was found that the metal plane made of copper, tin and lead alloy had a high degree of finish, and the reflected figure was far clearer than the calm water surface. So began to use bronze mirrors, which is copper. The source of the mirror. The earliest bronze mirrors discovered at present are the seven-pointed star-shaped bronze mirrors unearthed at the Qijia culture cemetery in Matai, Qinghai, and are rare at present. It is now possible to identify the bronze mirrors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. There are only five or six pieces in the world, all of which were unearthed in Anyang, Henan. One side of the four-sided Yin Shang bronze mirror unearthed in the small tomb of Anyang in 1976, with a diameter of 125 mm, a thickness of 4 mm, and a weight of 250 g. The mirror has a long strip shape and a slightly convex mirror; the chord on the mirror back, Nail streaks and vein veins are common patterns on the Yin Ding. After the back of the entire bronze mirror is combined, it is a wheel with spokes. It can be seen from this that the ornamentation of the bronze mirror of the Yin Dynasty is closely related to life and labor.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, bronze mirrors have been widely used, but so far, the true Western Zhou bronze mirrors have only a dozen faces, all of which are round. The mirror back is dominated by the light surface, and a few of the decorative patterns are always based on geometric patterns. There are few dragon and phoenix patterns and animal face patterns that often appear on bronzes. The scope is generally small, with a diameter of less than 100 mm and a thickness of between 3-4 mm. The mirror has a variety of bows, semi-rings, rectangles, etc., but most of them are semi-circular. The mirrors are all directly raised, there is no button, the edges of the mirror are straight, and there are no raised edges. In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, there appeared a bird-and-bird mirror with a single line, which was mostly negative. The lines are simple and simple, and they are quite different from the dragon and phoenix mirrors of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, some mirror edges were raised and rolled up, creating a precedent for the wall-like edge, but it was rare and could not be a feature of the generation.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, especially in the middle and late Warring States, with the improvement of bronze smelting technology, the bronze mirror has also become more colorful. The rustic style that has been maintained for thousands of years since Yin Zhou has been replaced by a multi-layered pattern. In the casting method, bas-relief, high relief, transparent sculpture, gold and silver, etc. have emerged, forming the first climax of bronze mirror manufacturing. Due to the large number of productions, the Bronze Mirrors of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States are no shortage of treasures in the hands of collectors, and the Bronze Mirror of the Warring States can often be seen in the market.

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