Fifth, the age characteristics of imitation mirror
We believe that the era of imitation to acquire all the most important characteristics of the mirror or bronze mirror made solution of the characteristics of the
times, that shape, decoration, inscriptions, copper and so on. As already stated these do not have to repeat. There needs to emphasize several important features.
Copper are different. Since the Song Dynasty bronze sculpture mirror alloy composition of China's period of significant changes, significantly reduced the amount of tin, lead
content increased, the proportion of zinc also increased. Thus copper, color has changed. This should identify the true mirror antique mirror and an important aspect.
Texture as the Han and Tang Song imitation mirror mirror. Quality than the soft, yellow brass, yellow flash red. Font imitation gold mirror lens copper than the general slightly yellowed. Although the Ming and Qing imperial yellow brass mirror imitation, but imitation mirror that flash yellow in white, clear yellow in
imitation of the mirror flashing yellow.
Product phase is different. Changes in alloy composition, texture and color bring different, but also inevitably affect the merits of bronze mirrors. Song Jinxin rough
copper mirror, decoration blurred lines extensive, appear stiff. Ming and Qing Han and Tang imitation mirror far less delicate ornamentation, such as Song Wang also
mirror, this mirror with the sun and the moon imitation Ming and Qing big deceleration low volume of tin, zinc content significantly increased. Of course, Ming and
Qing dynasties have a very good imitation of the mirror.
Shapes are different. Although in general is not bronze mirror, mirror back area is small, but in this small world, the craftsmen of the era in decoration,
inscriptions, shape, decoration of the circle with the division, the edge, button, buttons and other aspects seat guise culmination of change. We compare the different
characteristics of various parts of the times, even small changes to master, but also the distinction between real and fake mirror mirror important aspects. To name a
few:
Song Tang Linghua shaped, sunflower-shaped mirror, into and out of the Tang Dynasty such mirrors are shaped, but more than six Song-shaped, even eight-shaped, arc-side
curvature of the Tang and Song are not the same. Jin imitation mirror, no matter how can a dynasty imitation, if chisel carved the official inspection of the text and
his mark, it can easily identify.
Straight edge of the Ming and Qing Qi imitation Mirror, angular. Button to vary greatly. Mostly the Ming Dynasty silver ingots button, button the top level and area of
??the Ming and Qing Song imitation mirror is much larger than, more than casting out the inscriptions on the flat. Increase in the content. As mentioned earlier, in
the copy with the original mirror replica molding, the craftsmen and then add some decoration and Ming speech. We see some of the information, the increase, Patterns,
and Ming Ming Man in the content and form, although highly arbitrary, not very clear rules, but the increased number of imitation mirror content, the increase
accounted for inscriptions must majority, and the inscription of these added up to another mirror those casting workshops, shops and craftsmen's name, a very small
number of bronze sculpture mirrors should be the name of the user.
Increase the inscriptions from the location to see, generally there are several different situations, depending on the original content of the mirror decoration.
Patterns not only the original mirror inscriptions, inscriptions increased more in the pattern of one or two places, to suppress the part of the original decoration.
Original mirror outside the area within the district for the inscription for the decoration, the decoration on some of the increase within the graphic. Not only the
original mirror decoration inscriptions, if inscriptions mirror with a single ring, the increase is added to the original inscription inscriptions lap belt, if the
circle is two weeks inscriptions, inscriptions increase in the general increase in the outer ring inscriptions.
Rough statistics about the increase in the inscriptions are: Gong, Chen, Sun, DA, Cao, Li, Lu, and Zhao, horses, Qijia, Cao shop, hole in mind, making Lu, Ma Qing, Lu
home-made, Zhang made Lee Tai-made, bronze statue Shop Lee, Lee pose mirror Zhennai pigs and dogs, Qijia replacement bronze, Xie made a small pond replacement bronze.
These additions, and some very obvious, some are more subtle, had a flat mirror, small in size, can at a glance, but sometimes due to the complexity and ambiguity
decoration, not deep plus note, as well as some important records of the also a mistake, the content will be added after the original era of imitation mirror as a
mirror.
Sixth, the weak links
Identification of chinese bronze mirrors in, enjoy and learn this knowledge, the majority of amateur archeologists and bronze mirrors, bronze mirrors and even experts in the
study, they were talking about: Warring States Period, Han and Tang mirror back easy to handle, difficult to difficult in the mirror after five generations, and it is
"difficult to distinguish the ancient past is easy to distinguish." Identify whether there are other relics of this situation, we do not want to improper comments,
bronze mirrors there are indeed areas of the problem. Over the years, the Han and Tang mirrors antique collector hobby, will boast to bring the Han and Tang bronze
mirrors, one at the time of the Warring States Period Mirror recognition is not enough, the second is after the mirror has paid insufficient attention to the Song,
even Tibet, analysis of all poor. The wind, once formed, the impact so far, only now the attention caused by the scholars. Well-known scholar Li Xueqin right: "After
the development of the ancient mirror half dark half of calendar Shiban Ming, many difficult he could not."
On the other hand, nearly 40 years, the Han and Tang tombs unearthed a number of bronze mirrors, and reliable information, study more, so the Han and Tang mirrors,
especially the Chinese mirror stage, the type of development series basically clear, the next step is to in-depth research.
Seriousness of the problem lies: Many cultural institutes, shops and cultural heritage on the market during the period of the mirror are also more uncertain because of
the times, not good public. Chinese bronze dragon mirrors the history of the latter half of the "half-dark half-out" of history, when to clear it? Chinese cultural heritage
from the order to strengthen academic research, from the reality of collection, sorting, collection and other work requirements, the Song and later bronze mirrors to
enhance the research, identification is indeed a priority.
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