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Lobed bronze mirror decorated with flying swallows and flowers, middle Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century

• Image Number: C1A000361N000000000PBA
• Dynasty: Tang dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 生活用器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  八瓣葵花形鏡，半球鈕。鏡背紋飾分為三層。鏡鈕外環繞六枝俯仰相間的盛開花朵。花外為六隻姿態各異的飛燕。最外圈為六朵流雲，拖曳的雲尾為飛行中的燕子增添了輕盈及速度感。