湖南庭杰精品推荐：铜镜

湖南庭杰精品推荐：铜镜

【藏品名称】：铜镜

[collection name]: Bronze mirrors

【类别】：杂项

Class: miscellaneous

铜镜原本是古人使用的照面饰容的生活用品，如今古铜镜以其独特的艺术魅力浓缩文化，鉴证历史，创造财富，陶冶情操，成为人们投资收藏的古代艺术品。

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.

青铜的发明和使用是人类文明史上的一次重大飞跃。作为当时先进性生产力的一个重要标志，我国夏、商、周被称为“灿烂的青铜器时代”。春秋战国以后，青铜器逐渐衰落，被更先进的生产力代表铁器所取代，但青铜镜的制造和使用却并没有因青铜器的衰落而衰落，相反，却出现了前所未有的繁荣和发展。可以说，古铜镜在青铜文化的大家族中是独立和自成体系的，或者说是青铜文化的延续。古铜镜在青铜器时代初期就已经出现，直到清代水银玻璃镜的出现，使它退出了实用领域；然而，它本身所蕴涵的文化、历史价值却吸引了越来越多的人研究与收藏。历代铜镜的铸造工艺、铜质、纹饰、铭文等无不反映特定的时代背景，反映当时的政治、经济、宗教、文学、艺术及风俗习惯等。

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.

铜镜最早出现在商代，多为祭祀的礼器；在春秋战国至秦时期，一般都是王和贵族才能享用；到西汉末期，铜镜就慢慢的走向民间，是人们不可缺少的生活用具。古代女子出嫁时，铜镜是必不可少的嫁妆，在成婚之日，新娘要向铜镜和玉行跪拜大礼，拜镜表示求平安，拜玉表示求子（因“玉”与“育”谐音）。

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.

铜镜是中国古代青铜艺术中的灿烂瑰宝，中国铜镜素以“装饰繁缛、制作精美”著称于世。各朝各代对铜镜艺术均有创造，古朴、灵巧、华丽、素雅，制作工艺更是各有千秋。天圆在中国古代是丰满、完整、吉祥、美好、富足的象征，在汉语中团圆、圆满是祥和的词语。因此，圆形镜一直是铜镜的重要形式。一般是含锡量较高的青铜铸造，光亮的一面为镜面，反面中央设钮以穿绦带便于手执使用。镜背素面外，大多数铸有图案和铭文，有着强烈的时代特征。

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.

古铜镜不仅具有很高的文物价值、学术价值、艺术价值，还具有巨大的升值空间和投资潜能。

Ancient bronze mirror not only has high cultural relic value, academic value and artistic value, but also has huge appreciation space and investment potential.