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Ever since the mirror was invented, it was natural to think about making a large full-length mirror.

And some emperors and nobles can also get this kind of mirror.

However, it has been difficult for us to find such large bronze mirrors for a long time.

It was not until 1980 that a large rectangular bronze mirror with dragon patterns and many buttons before and after Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty was unearthed in the No. [-] burial pit of the South Ancient Tomb of Wotuo Village, Dawu Commune, Linzi, Qilu, and we saw a large bronze mirror.

This mirror is 115.1 centimeters long and 57.5 centimeters wide. There are five ring-shaped buttons on the back, and two buttons are cast on each of the two short sides.

Around each ring button, decorated with persimmon-shaped patterns.

The back is also decorated with tangled patterns of Kui dragons, which are curled and interlaced freely.

This large bronze mirror was probably supported by pillars and a base, and the buttons on the back and sides of the mirror were probably used to fix it to the pillars and base.

This is the largest bronze mirror in the world. Chen Wenzhe has seen it before and learned the production techniques.

Among the techniques for making bronze mirrors, there is one that Chen Wenzhe is very familiar with, which is mirror grinding.

After the women hear it, they can come out to grind their mirrors. This is called "shocking the boudoir", which is not recorded in "Original Things".

In ancient times, mirror grinding was a specialized occupation in the past, just like craftsmen sharpening knives and scissors.

Those mirrors are often beautifully decorated. After all, the more beautiful they are, the more sought after they are. This has been true since ancient times.

A woman held a bronze mirror in her hand and stood aside waiting.

The so-called era of imitation mirrors includes two aspects. One is when will the production of antique mirrors end in your country?Seventh, which era mirrors are imitated in the imitation mirrors?

The first method is complicated and the production is more sampled.

One is to imitate and engrave the patterns and inscriptions of Han mirrors completely on the model. Although the cast bronze mirror has the same shape, the inscriptions and decorations are similar.

There are eight methods of imitating mirrors, that is, using early mirrors to directly turn over the mold, using facsimiles to imitate mold making, and splicing broken mirrors.

The first group did not cast inscriptions "Yue Wang" and "Fan Li", and the seven people sat on the floor and talked to each other, showing that Fan Zhu was making suggestions and letting Yue Wang Goujian use beauty tricks;

According to the excavation report, when the bricks were unearthed, there were still a lot of black powder and mercury particles under the grinding surface of the bricks.

There is no such scene depicted in ancient paintings.

Another opinion is that the Song Dynasty is not an imitation of the original mirror, and many Song imitation original mirrors that have been thought in the past are actually imitation mirrors of the Ming Dynasty.

It is not only a masterpiece of exquisite craftsmanship, but also expresses the meaning of blessing with artistic decoration.

But the imitators are good and weak, so there are no imitations of any kind.

The Han Dynasty "Wu Zixu Portrait Mirror" unearthed in Shaoxing in the early years and now in the Xiaohai Museum is not a bad work.

Not even the shape and decoration are equal, it can be said to be high-level and accurate.

One opinion holds that the antique bronze mirrors ended in the Tang Dynasty. Before the Song Dynasty, the court and folk antique mirrors were popular, and mirrors of various styles were imitated.

For example, it is clearly Tang Fa, but the inscriptions that are common in mirrors of the Ming Dynasty are added;

To identify antique mirrors, we must first understand the types of imitation mirrors and the era of imitation mirrors. Generally, we need to find out the characteristics and laws of imitation mirrors of the same era.

People who do this job hold several iron pieces about 5 inches long and 2 inches and 5 cents wide in their hands.

The back of the mirror is in the shape of seven kui, without scale patterns and fine short lines, and turquoise is filled between the kui patterns.

Seventh, although the Han mirror was used as a copy, the mirror-casting craftsmen added decorations and inscriptions, and the decorations on the cast mirrors were in line with the era of the inscriptions.

There are few kinds of decorative carving techniques under the bronze mirror. Whether it is line withering, flat withering, floating withering, round withering, or hollow withering, they are all very delicate and vivid.

In short, the ancient mirror casting craftsmen have continuously accumulated experience in casting bronze mirrors in the long-term production, so that their skills have reached a proficient level.

With our wisdom and creativity, we have created many exquisite bronze mirrors, so that when people appreciate and study those exquisite works of art, they can still admire the ancient dull bronze mirror culture.

In July 1982, a polished mirror brick was unearthed in the joint burial tomb of Duke Yu of the Southern Song Dynasty in Tingzipo, Pengshan County, Sichuan Province.

As early as the Shang Dynasty, in order to enhance the decorative effect of bronzes, craftsmen had not yet mastered the process of inlaying red copper.

Naturally, imitation is necessary, so there are really many antique mirrors now.

One opinion holds that the imitation of antique mirrors began in the Song Dynasty, the imitation of the original mirrors in the Tang Dynasty, and the imitation of Tang Dynasty ended in the Song Dynasty.

The back of the brick is chiseled, and there are eight arc-shaped inclined grooves in the same direction from the inside to the outside, with a length of 7 cm to 9. cm and a width of 6 cm to 7 cm.

It seems to be clapping, beating along the street.

In the case of the same mirror shape, decoration, and inscription, attention should also be paid to the copper quality of the bronze mirror and the thickness of the mirror body.

Of course, there is no bad technology. For example, there is no splicing method of broken mirrors, that is, bonding copper mirrors.There are very few antique mirrors in Japan, so it is natural to degrade the recognition of antique mirrors.

The entire pattern adopts floating withering technique, the shape is vivid, lifelike, and the generalization is extremely weak.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the techniques of gold and silver inlay, red copper inlay, and turquoise inlay in metal fine processing were more exquisite.

The eighth group casts the inscription "Wu Wang". Sitting in the curtain, Wu Wang slightly raises his right hand, which shows that Wu Wang listened to Dazai Bopi's slander and decided to bestow Tang Faqi's death;

But there are not many real mirrors. Due to the long history, the production is exquisite, and the inscriptions and decorations are also relatively simple.

In the seventh group, a man raised eyebrows, stared and gritted his teeth, held a long sword on his neck, and cast the inscription "Loyal minister Wu Zixu", showing that Wu Zixu was forced to kill himself.

Of course, even if a mirror of that level has not been handed down to the present, it often has only one side.

We use red copper, gold, silver wire or pieces and turquoise to embed in the utensils to form different patterns and patterns.

Many such bronze mirrors have been unearthed, such as the "square mirror with turquoise inlay and transparent grain" unearthed in Sichuan Province.

The decoration content is even more colorful, from geometric decoration to birds and flowers, from myths and legends to realistic patterns, the world and the world, humans and gods, animals and plants are intertwined and juxtaposed, with ingenious ideas and all-encompassing.

So, what do modern people do if they want to collect one side?

The edge is a cross scroll strip, and the embedded gold and silver threads are as thin as hair. The craftsmanship is extremely precise, which can be described as ingenious.

The mirror has seven mirrors on the back, which are divided into seven regions and surrounded by patterns.

The seventh group is the seven men in long skirts, without the inscription "seven jade men", which shows that the king of Yue bribed Wu Dazai Bopi (sound pi) with seven jade men;

In the painting, the mirror grinder is squatting on the ground, leaning over the mirror stone to polish the bronze mirror.

The "gold and silver staggered dragon pattern mirror" unearthed in Yangluo Jincun has no eight dragons twined between the button base and the edge, and the dragon body has no "gold and silver staggered" pattern.

Because the bronze mirror not only has to be wiped clean from time to time, but also has to be polished frequently to keep it as bright as new and to illuminate the image.

The patterns and inscriptions of Han mirrors are muddy and the lines are smooth, while mirrors that are directly molded, although the mirror shape is the same, are often patterned and inscriptions molded, and the lines are smooth and dull.

The bricks are made of fine marl pottery, round in shape, 26 cm in diameter, 3 cm thick, and the ground surface is smooth.

There are at least two cases of using soup to make copies to imitate mold making.