湖南庭杰精品推薦：銅鏡
【藏品名稱】：銅鏡
[collection name]: Bronze mirrors
【類別】：雜項
Class: miscellaneous
銅鏡原本是古人使用的照面飾容的生活用品，如今古銅鏡以其獨特的藝術魅力濃縮文化，鑒證歷史，創造財富，陶冶情操，成為人們投資收藏的古代藝術品。
The bronze mirror was originally used by the ancients to decorate the living things. Nowadays, the bronze mirror, with its unique artistic charm, condenses culture, verifies history, creates wealth and edifies sentiment, has become an ancient artwork invested and collected by people.
青銅的發明和使用是人類文明史上的一次重大飛躍。作為當時先進性生產力的一個重要標志，我國夏、商、周被稱為“燦爛的青銅器時代”。春秋戰國以后，青銅器逐漸衰落，被更先進的生產力代表鐵器所取代，但青銅鏡的制造和使用卻并沒有因青銅器的衰落而衰落，相反，卻出現了前所未有的繁榮和發展。可以說，古銅鏡在青銅文化的大家族中是獨立和自成體系的，或者說是青銅文化的延續。古銅鏡在青銅器時代初期就已經出現，直到清代水銀玻璃鏡的出現，使它退出了實用領域；然而，它本身所蘊涵的文化、歷史價值卻吸引了越來越多的人研究與收藏。歷代銅鏡的鑄造工藝、銅質、紋飾、銘文等無不反映特定的時代背景，反映當時的政治、經濟、宗教、文學、藝術及風俗習慣等。
The invention and use of bronze is a great leap in the history of human civilization. As an important symbol of the advanced productivity at that time, China's Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were known as the "brilliant Bronze Age". After the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, bronze ware declined gradually and was replaced by more advanced productivity representative iron ware. However, the manufacture and use of bronze mirrors did not decline because of the decline of bronze ware. On the contrary, they witnessed unprecedented prosperity and development. It can be said that bronze mirrors are independent and self-contained in the large family of bronze culture, or the continuation of bronze culture. Ancient bronze mirror appeared in the early Bronze Age, until the appearance of mercury glass mirror in Qing Dynasty, which made it out of the practical field; however, its cultural and historical value attracted more and more people to study and collect. The casting technology, copper quality, ornamentation and inscriptions of the bronze mirrors of the past dynasties all reflect the specific background of the times and reflect the politics, economy, religion, literature, art and customs of the time.
銅鏡最早出現在商代，多為祭祀的禮器；在春秋戰國至秦時期，一般都是王和貴族才能享用；到西漢末期，銅鏡就慢慢的走向民間，是人們不可缺少的生活用具。古代女子出嫁時，銅鏡是必不可少的嫁妝，在成婚之日，新娘要向銅鏡和玉行跪拜大禮，拜鏡表示求平安，拜玉表示求子（因“玉”與“育”諧音）。
Bronze mirrors first appeared in the Shang Dynasty, most of which were sacrificial ritual vessels. From the spring and Autumn period to the Warring States period to the Qin Dynasty, they were generally enjoyed by kings and nobles. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, bronze mirrors gradually went to the people, and they were indispensable tools for people's daily life. When ancient women married, bronze mirror was an essential dowry. On the day of marriage, the bride had to bow down to the bronze mirror and the jade line to pray for peace, and to pray for children.
銅鏡是中國古代青銅藝術中的燦爛瑰寶，中國銅鏡素以“裝飾繁縟、制作精美”著稱于世。各朝各代對銅鏡藝術均有創造，古樸、靈巧、華麗、素雅，制作工藝更是各有千秋。天圓在中國古代是豐滿、完整、吉祥、美好、富足的象征，在漢語中團圓、圓滿是祥和的詞語。因此，圓形鏡一直是銅鏡的重要形式。一般是含錫量較高的青銅鑄造，光亮的一面為鏡面，反面中央設鈕以穿絳帶便于手執使用。鏡背素面外，大多數鑄有圖案和銘文，有著強烈的時代特征。
Bronze mirror is a brilliant treasure in ancient Chinese bronze art. Chinese bronze mirror is famous for its "elaborate decoration and exquisite production". The bronze mirror art of each dynasty and each generation has been created. It is simple, nimble, gorgeous, simple and elegant, and the production process is different. Tianyuan is a symbol of fullness, integrity, auspiciousness, beauty and abundance in ancient China. In Chinese, reunion and completeness are auspicious words. Therefore, the circular mirror has always been an important form of copper mirror. Generally, it is made of bronze with high tin content. The bright side is a mirror, and the center of the reverse side is equipped with a button to wear a belt for hand holding. Most of them have patterns and inscriptions, which have strong characteristics of the times.
古銅鏡不僅具有很高的文物價值、學術價值、藝術價值，還具有巨大的升值空間和投資潛能。
Ancient bronze mirror not only has high cultural relic value, academic value and artistic value, but also has huge appreciation space and investment potential.
