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"Suyue" bronze mirror with five animals and grapevine and 24-character inscription, Sui to early Tang dynasty, 7th century

• Image Number: C1A000350N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Sui dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 生活用器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  圓形鏡，半球鈕，圓鈕座。鏡背紋飾以高起的三角紋弦脊分為內外兩區。內區五瑞獸左旋，或立、或馳、仰首、回顧、形態各異，穿梭於葡萄蔓枝紋中。外區鑄銘二十四字﹕「光流素月，質稟玄精，澄空鑒水，照迴疑清，終古永固，瑩此心靈。」鏡緣斜高起稜，飾三角紋。 鏡鈕繫清宮所配黃絲繩。