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Bronze Mirror Decorated with Linked Arcs and a Nebulae Pattern, Middle to late Western Han period, 2nd to 1st century BCE

• Image Number: K1A000500N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Western Han dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 生活用器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  鏡背紋飾由許多突起的高浮雕乳丁、弧線及連珠紋構成如星象一般的圖像，故名為星雲紋鏡。中央為高聳的連峰鈕，四葉式鈕座，座外環以一周內向十六曲連弧紋。主題紋飾以四個星芒連珠座乳丁為界，間以乳丁及弧線構成的流動交錯圖案。鏡緣為一周內向十六曲連弧紋，與鈕座外連弧紋相對應。