古代的鏡，就是大盆的意思，它的名字叫監。《說文》中說：“監可取水于明月，因見其可以照行，故用以為鏡。”在三代之初，監都是用瓦制成裝水當鏡子用，所以古代的監字是沒有金字旁的。到商代初年的時候，開始鑄造銅鑒，后來鑒字也有了金字偏旁。商周時期，雖然有銅鑒，但是瓦鑒依然通行。到秦朝時期，才開始大量鑄造銅鏡，因為鏡的適用優于鑒的方面很多，所以到秦以后，再不用水作鑒了。秦漢以后，鏡的使用更加廣泛，鏡的制作也更加精良。它的質料包括金、銀、銅、鐵等，以銅最為多，也有鍍金銀的、背面包金銀的、或鑲嵌金銀絲的。隋唐以來，還有帶柄的、四方的，各種花紋應有盡有。直到明代末期，開始有以玻璃為鏡子的。清代乾隆以后，玻璃開始大興于民間。直至民國初年，少數邊遠地區還有以銅為鏡子的。
Ancient mirror means big basin. Its name is Jian. "Shuowen" said: "the prison can take water in the bright moon, because it can be seen according to the line, so used as a mirror At the beginning of the three dynasties, the wardens were all made of tiles to hold water as mirrors, so there was no gold character beside the ancient wardens. In the early years of the Shang Dynasty, bronze inscriptions began to be cast, and later the inscriptions also had gold characters. In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, although there were bronze inscriptions, wajian was still popular. It was only in Qin Dynasty that a large number of bronze mirrors were cast. Because the application of mirrors was superior to that of mirror identification, there was no need to use water for mirror identification after Qin Dynasty. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the use of mirrors became more extensive and the production of mirrors became more sophisticated. Its materials include gold, silver, copper and iron, most of which are copper. There are also gold-plated, bread backed or inlaid with gold and silver wires. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there have been handle and square patterns. Until the end of Ming Dynasty, there began to use glass as a mirror. After Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, glass began to flourish among the people. Until the early years of the Republic of China, a few remote areas had copper as a mirror.
銅鏡形狀有圓形、長方形、正方形、菱形、葵花形、盾形、瓶形、鐘形、桃子形等。紋飾則各具時代特征：殷商時期多用葉脈紋、平行線紋、多圈凸弦紋等；西周時期多用重環紋、鳥獸紋等；春秋戰國時期多用山字紋、鳳鳥紋、蟠螭紋等；漢代除繼續沿用戰國鏡紋飾外，最流行的紋飾有規矩紋（博局紋）、草葉紋、星云紋、連弧銘文紋、蝙蝠形柿蒂連弧紋等；三國兩晉南北朝時期則多用獸紋、變形四葉紋、瑞獸紋等；隋唐時期多用瑞獸紋、四神紋、花鳥紋、寶相花紋、海獸葡萄紋、十二生肖像紋等；五代以來由于政局變化，銅鏡鑄造也有明顯的時代差異和獨特的民族風格。
The bronze mirrors are round, rectangular, square, diamond, sunflower, shield, bottle, bell, peach, etc. The patterns have their own characteristics: in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, veins, parallel lines, and multiple circles of convex strings were used; in the Western Zhou Dynasty, heavy rings, birds and animals were used; in the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, mountain characters, phoenix patterns, and flat patterns were used; in the Han Dynasty, in addition to the Warring States mirror patterns, the most popular patterns were regular patterns (local patterns), grass leaves patterns, nebulae patterns, even arc inscriptions, and bat shaped persimmons Tilian arc pattern, etc.; in the Three Kingdoms, two Jin and southern and Northern Dynasties, animal pattern, deformed four leaf pattern, auspicious animal pattern, etc.; in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, auspicious animal pattern, four God pattern, flower and bird pattern, Baoxiang pattern, sea animal grape pattern, twelve zodiac image pattern, etc.; since the Five Dynasties, due to political changes, bronze mirror casting also has obvious era differences and unique national style.
軒宇藝術有幸征得一件仕靈銅鏡，此銅鏡歷經時間長河的洗練，已被銅銹包裹，其整體被保護完好，銅鏡以圓形為造型，鏡背從紐座起，以圓紐為中心以外皆鐫有各種古老紋飾。此件銅鏡采用平雕手法，鏡面較平，花紋平整，鏡邊簡略，裝飾性強。極具收藏價值。
Xuanyu art has the honor to obtain an official bronze mirror. After a long time of washing, the bronze mirror has been covered by copper rust, and the whole is well protected. The bronze mirror is in the shape of a circle. The back of the mirror starts from the button seat and is engraved with various ancient patterns outside the center of the round button. This bronze mirror adopts flat carving technique, with flat mirror surface, flat pattern, simple mirror edge and strong decoration. It has great collection value.
銅鏡，大體分為鏡面，即鏡的正面，光亮可以照面；鏡背，上面多鑄有各種紋飾和銘文；鏡鈕，即在鏡背中央，有孔可以系繩，可用手持或系在鏡臺上；鈕座，即鈕的周圍，緊連鈕的裝飾部分。另外還分內區、中區、外區，即指鏡背配置紋飾的各部分；銘帶，即指鑄有銘文的部分，鏡銘即指鏡背上所鑄的銘文。而到了明清時期，銅鏡逐漸以花紋、神獸為紋飾，而銘文銅鏡則逐漸消失。
The bronze mirror is generally divided into mirror surface, that is, the front side of the mirror, which is bright and can shine on the surface; the back of the mirror, which is often cast with various patterns and inscriptions; the mirror button, which is in the center of the mirror back, has holes and can be tied with ropes, which can be held or tied on the mirror platform; the button base, which is around the button, is the decorative part of the button. In addition, it can be divided into inner area, middle area and outer area, that is, the parts with decorative patterns on the back of the mirror; inscription belt, that is, the parts with inscriptions, that is, the inscriptions on the back of the mirror. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bronze mirrors were decorated with patterns and animals, while bronze mirrors with inscriptions gradually disappeared.
豐富藝術生活，傳遞藝術價值！如果您對此件銅鏡感興趣，歡迎聯系軒宇（廣州）藝術傳媒有限公司！
Enrich art life and transfer art value! If you are interested in this bronze mirror, please contact Xuanyu (Guangzhou) art media Co., Ltd!
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Sharing is a virtue, sharing is a pleasure, learning to share, happy others!
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