Sculpture in bronze mirrors were manufactured many shops

Unadorned simplicity of the early bronze mirror

China's earliest cultural relics of dancer sculpture mirrors in your family (summer generation) found. 1976, unearthed in Qinghai Ga Ma Taiwan side seven corner pattern mirror, mirror fold back to turn into a triangular irregular pattern of the seven angular patterns, Chinese History Museum is also in possession of one side mirror triangle pattern, according to legend unearthed in Gansu, which are the two mirrors Qijia cultural relics belonging to the period. This period is also relatively rough cast bronze mirror, bronze mirror decoration on the relatively simple, and bronze art mirrors alloy does not become more reasonable proportion, appearance, bronze mirror surface gloss is not strong, perhaps because the proportion of the tin content of alloy not lead to immature technology, polished mirror table. Liaoning Provincial Museum, the bronze mirror for the first time during the Spring and Autumn mirror diagonal triangle pattern. The mirrors unearthed in Liaoning Dandong, diameter 10.6 cm, thickness 0.7 cm, weight 230 grams, round. Narrow edge of the mirror, slightly curled, slightly tilt the mirror button. Multi-button styling and decoration construction method has a strong local characteristics.

Warring States period angel statues mirrors the development of the first peak, the mountain appears the word pattern, Animal Mask, Pan snake pattern so rich patterns, composition and also produced a pattern simply mirror and the main lines, to distinguish the multi-grain decoration.

Han started the trend of the first mirror

Han Dynasty bronze figurines mirror in the history of the second peak, reached an unprecedented wealth of decoration theme, grass lines, inscriptions auspicious phrases, traveling portrait, four images of God and so is widely used bronze mirrors on the back. At the same time, increasingly sophisticated technology mirror casting, copper, tin and lead a more rational allocation ratio, the increase in the amount of tin made the Han mirror exudes bright white, looks more attractive. Careful observation antique bronze mirror, mirror on the back you can see some text engraved between the various decorations, the contents of these inscriptions in Chinese known as the mirror is quite common. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, bronze mirrors cast some decline since the Wei and Jin nothing innovative. But Wei Jinnan towards the period of aristocratic families, the children of powerful family-oriented behavior for their own appearance to an unprecedented level. At this time, Fu Wing mirror mirror a lot of poetry and there, such as Xie Tiao's "Wing Mirror poetry," and so on.

TANG Jing grapes on behalf of the auspicious mirror

After the Tang Dynasty bronze mirror casting is another Warring States and Han dynasty after the peak. At this point there is not only Linghua, sunflower, square mirror, and decoration mirror, breaking through the Chinese stereotype and patterned, flexible layouts, themes colorful, exotic culture and there is color, reflecting the Tang Dynasty style. Technological aspects but also the formation of Jin Yinping off a mirror, inlaid with mother mirror, silver mirror with gold stickers and so on. Not later than casting a bronze mirror, a peak. Auspicious grapes inside the mirror can be described as TANG Jing representative. Patterns of auspicious probably close to Suan Ni, Suan Ni is another name for a lion, introduced from India. Tang Dynasty, Buddhism prevailed, the lion is the patron saint of the monastery, but also Manjushri horse, with a symbol of courage and wisdom. Prior to this, the lion's image has never appeared in the arts. Before the Tang Dynasty, grape pattern has appeared on the silk, but it is in the beginning of the bronze mirror from Tang Dynasty, and Suan Ni combined with the even more unprecedented. Suan Ni Tang grape decoration of all-inclusive political climate there is also an embodiment.

Nature with a trademark logo Mirror Song

To the Song Dynasty, porcelain, lacquer ware, tapestry and other industries rise and mature making arts and crafts focus began to shift. But it is worth mentioning that the Song dynasty bronze mirror to create any new lens shape can not be compared, such as bell-shaped, shield-shaped, tripod-shaped, etc., is even more colorful decorations. Large-scale commercial development in the Song Dynasty, the economic development of the people makes the whole tendency of increasing secularization of society strong, and business development has accompanied the people's focus on brand awareness. Huzhou city, sculpture in bronze mirrors were manufactured many shops, stone house mirror Huzhou, Huzhou stone fifty Lang mirror the city are all famous brands. For the owner to sell, trying to promote their brands and product quality, which is accompanied by the development of commodity production there brand awareness. Many inscriptions on bronze mirrors and even the late Special Note also the "true" or "real" word. Cast in bronze mirror on the name of this practice has been followed to the Ming and Qing, until the disappearance of bronze mirrors.

Bronze mirror out the stage of history

Song and Jin Dynasties, the causes of war, very strict ban on copper. "The History" states that prohibit private copper device is two years in Jinzheng Long (1157), "Private bronze device, method when only", and later repeated orders not allow civil private bronze mirror, bronze mirror, but for the daily, off the money mirror may be cast huge profits, private casting of repeated wind, so to go through official inspection by the inspection officer plus side carved his mark before the terms and circulation.

The late Ming Dynasty, the Western glass mirror into China, but expensive, also failed to replace the traditional bronze mirror position to the mid-Qing Dynasty, the influx of the glass mirror, with its low price and perfect utility to replace the copper mirror, bronze mirror occasionally made since, but also as a continuation of the traditional symbolic dowry of use, quality bronze mirrors have been quite different with the previous generation.