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Square Mirror deviating from the usual round shape. The grapes and vines motif was during the Tang Dynasty very popular in China.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”75%” max_width=”75%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/m07arte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tang_003-square-shaped-bronze-mirror-front-perspective.jpg” title_text=”TANG_003 – Square Shaped Bronze Mirror – Front Perspective” disabled_on=”on|off|off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”264760,264757,264755,264754″ posts_number=”12″ show_title_and_caption=”off” show_pagination=”off” zoom_icon_color=”#971C21″ hover_icon=”.||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Object ID Age Material Color Length Width Condition [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-8.5%||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”-2.5%||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”-5%||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_module=”264708″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Price <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ width=”75%” max_width=”75%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” inline_fonts=”Prata” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The square mirror is deviating from the usual round shape. Only \u201ea few of these mirrors are square, a shape which recurs in some rear fourth century specimens and not thereafter among the ancient mirrors\u201c. [1]<\/a><\/span> There are two magic squares inside each other. The central knob has a continous opening. A band was pulled through the opening and attached to the clothing.<\/span> For many centuries the question arose again and again how such a magic mirror worked. The recent research of two professors at the Physics Faculty of the University of M\u00fcnster\/ Germany came to a convincing result. They referred to another Prof. Ayrton who explained already in a lecture 1878 the production techniques of Chinese mirrors. A mirror was produced by pouring molten bronze into a mold that was decorated with a relief-like ornament. The solidified blank then was processed on a wooden base with a kind of plane to smooth the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n Through appropriate processing of the surface and the effect of the relief on the back a slightly wavy surface is created. When light falls on them, the recesses look like small concave mirrors. As a result, a slight brightness modulation can be seen in the reflected light. Its structure corresponds to the depressions and elevations of the relief on the back. The mirror unfolds its magic when it is exposed to the light of a bright light source \u2013 the best is the sun \u2013 when projecting onto a wall in shadow. In the bright spot of light you can more or less see the relief embossed on the back. [4]<\/a><\/span> (HV)<\/span><\/p>\n ________________________<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”1.3em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” inline_fonts=”Prata” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [1]<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Watson, William (Second edition 1977): Ancient Chinese Bronzes<\/em>. Faber &\u00a0 Faber, 3 Queen Square London. 91
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<\/strong>Tang Dynasty (618 \u2013 907 AD)
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<\/strong>Bronze-colored<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong>8.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong>8.5 cm<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/span>on request<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDescription<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n
The inner square is framed with double lines and bears relief ornaments. These are grapes and tendrils, a kind of very popular motifs on Chinese mirrors, and the objects often named \u201egrapes-mirrors\u201c. Also the outer area of the mirror shows a kind of tendrils, grapes and small animals like birds. Those motifs appear often together with small monsters of Chinese origin on the back of bronze mirrors. [2]<\/a><\/span> In popular belief are also numerous novels according to which the mirror makes ghosts visible. [3]<\/a><\/span> On the mirror-side the bronze is large-scale oxidation and greenspan.<\/span>
The grapes and vines motif was during the Tang Dynasty very popular in China. The decoration with tendrils and stylized floral swirls even became the most common decoration.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>[2]<\/span><\/a> Watson, William (1980): China. Kunst und Kultur<\/em>. Herder Verlag Freiburg\/Basel\/Wien. 341.\/ Feddersen, Martin (1955): Chinesisches Kunstgewerbe<\/em>. Ein Handbuch f\u00fcr Sammler und Liebhaber<\/em>. Klinkhardt & Biermann. Braunschweig. 163
<\/span>[3]<\/a><\/span> Eberhard, Wolfram (1983): Lexikon chinesischer Symbole. Geheime Sinnbilder in Kunst und Literatur, Leben und Denken der Chinesen<\/em>. Eugen Diederichs Verlag. K\u00f6ln.272
<\/span>[4]<\/span><\/a> Schlichting, Hans-Joachim\/ Ucke, Christian (checked: 24_06_07): Der chinesische Zauberspiegel.<\/em> https:\/\/www.uni-muenster.de\/imperia\/md\/content\/fachbereich_physik\/didactic_physik\/didactic-physik\/publikationen\/chinesische<\/a> Zauberspiegel<\/span><\/p>\n