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A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHINESE This mirror was produced in northeast China 北宋至金 銅銜花雙鸞鏡
BRONZE MIRRORS
during the Jin dynasty. Its back is divided into
concentric circular bands. The outermost band 此鏡可能是中國東北金代的產品。鏡背以重圈
A BRONZE ‘PHOENIX’ MIRROR
contains densely interwoven floral patterns. The 紋分開不同圈帶：最外圍的圈帶是纏繞繁密的
NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY
middle band is ringed with a line of small circular 花草紋，中間的圈帶飾有小圓珠，內裏的鏡心
studs. The innermost region features a pair of
cast with a pair of hovering phoenix, each 範圍飾有一對鳳凰，繞着鏡鈕盤旋。鏡鈕相對
phoenix in flight around the central knob, which
grasping a floral sprig, the outer band further
is small in relation to the overall large mirror. 來說較小，在碩大的鏡體中，那麼小的鏡鈕不
decorated with a scroll of composite flowers,
A thread or ribbon threaded through the knob 太可能承托用絲布提起銅鏡的力量，故此有可
engraved with an official inscription
is unlikely to support the weight of the mirror,
21.3 cm, 8⅜ in. 能此鏡是放在鏡架上照看的。鏡沿刻有「延
which was likely intended for a mirror stand.
□□縣記官□□」之花押印記，這也說明此鏡
HK$ 15,000-20,000 The mirror’s inscription, which cannot be fully 可能是官造銅鏡。如此鏡銘在東北的金代官造
US$ 1,950-2,600 deciphered, suggests that it was produced in
an imperial workshop. Such inscriptions are 銅鏡中時有所見。
common among mirrors produced in northeast
China by the Jin-dynasty court.

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