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Bronze Mirror with "Zhaoming" and "Qingbai" Concentric Circles, middle to late Western Han period, 2nd to 1st century BCE

• Image Number: K1A001959N000000000PAB
• 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，四瓣連珠紋鈕座。主紋為兩圈銘文。內圈銘文22字：「內清質以昭明，光之象夫日月，心忽而願忠，壅然塞不泄」。外圈銘文32字：「絜清白而事君，志□污而弇明，之流澤，恐踈日忘，美人外承可兌，靈之弇，願忠毋絕」，與同類鏡銘相較，脫誤較多。