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"Mingguang" bronze mirror decorated with linked arcs, late Western Han to Xin period, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE

• Image Number: C1A000310N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Western Han dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 生活用器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  圓形鏡，半球鈕，方花紋鈕座。鈕座外為一周內向八曲連弧紋。外圈銘文一周，共二十五字：「內而青而以召兮而明光而象光而□□月兮而心思而忘□兮」，其中的「而」均是為達藝術效果而填入的虛字。外緣寬厚平素。