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"Nei'erguang" bronze mirror with seven knobs, late Western Han period, 1st century BCE

• Image Number: C1A000311N000000000PAB
• 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，圓形九乳座。鈕座外飾銘文一周，共二十四字：「內而光，明而清。湅（煉）石華，下之菁。見乃己，知人請（情）。心志得，畢長生。」外圈環列七乳，間以龍、虎、羊、鳳鳥、蟾蜍等祥瑞動物圖案。外緣為一周雙線波紋。類似的七乳鏡曾出土於西漢晚期墓葬中。