Exquisite Tang Mirror Spring Palace Pattern Long history physical evidence
In ancient China, the form of copulation between men and women was used as a picture, which was called the "Spring Palace Secret Play" picture, referred to as the "Spring Palace Picture". The Spring Palace is one of the typical contents of ancient Chinese sexual culture. According to the research of the Dutch sinologist Gao Luopei, it is recorded in the "Book of Han" that "sitting in the painting house is handed over to men and women, and the fathers and sisters are invited to drink wine, so that they can look up at the painting." This is the earliest description of the Spring Palace diagram. In the Tang Dynasty, the society was more open, and the great painter Zhou Fang once painted "The Secret Opera of the Spring Festival". In other words, since about the Tang Dynasty, the Spring Palace has been widely circulated among Chinese folk and has continued for thousands of years, becoming one of the most important folk cultures.
In traditional Chinese folklore, the spring palace picture is a more typical sex education picture, which is not only the bottom of the box for marrying a woman, but also the thing of reproductive worship and even warding off evil spirits (the famous sexologist Liu Dalin examined), in a word, from a scientific perspective and mentality, the spring palace picture, as one of the traditional Chinese culture, has been inherited for thousands of years, and has its own inherent rationality.
Because of this, the spring palace picture has not only become the subject matter of painters in the past dynasties, but also has become the decoration of many utensils and even money. This includes the spring palace pattern on the bronze mirror. In 1984, in Datong County, Qinghai Province, a bronze mirror of "Secret Spring Palace" was unearthed, which was considered to be a mirror made in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the field of collection, there are also bronze mirrors decorated with spring palace patterns in various periods, which extend from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, which fully shows that its history is very long.
We know that the Tang Dynasty was the peak period of copper mirror making in China. All kinds of Tang mirror ornaments are rich in themes, exquisite craftsmanship, and exquisite mirrors. Among them, there is the Spring Palace ornamental mirror. The Yu collection category includes some bronze mirrors of the Han and Tang dynasties, and in the earlier hunting, I was also fortunate to hunt a bronze mirror with a secret pattern pattern of the Spring Palace in the Tang Dynasty. It has not been disclosed. Therefore, today's appreciation, the account is specially selected and listed, photographed and unveiled, and the public exhibition is appreciated here, and the physical evidence is evidenced to hide it.
The first look at the tattoo. The mirror is lace-shaped, with a diameter of about 25.5 cm and a weight of about 1.45 kg. The thickness of the mirror body is moderate. It can be seen that the back of the mirror is decorated with four patterns of copulation between men and women, and the environmental decoration has the symbols of a couch, a garden, a study, and an outdoor. Its characters are vivid and vivid. Among them, from the hair buns and headdresses of male and female figures, we can see the distinctive style of the Tang Dynasty, with the lace mirror style, you can determine its Tang mirror, and the door is undoubtedly opened.
The second view of the casting phase. It can be seen that its casting is very fine, the contours are clear, the edges and ornaments are bulging and convex, clean and neat, natural and moderate. The lines are smooth and the details are clear. Among them, the back of the mirror is flat, the mirror surface is still smooth, and the grinding mirror is fine, all of which show that its casting process is quite exquisite, which clearly reflects the process casting characteristics of the Tang mirror, and its diameter is large, which is also very rare. There is no need for a detailed table, look at the casting body, this product is cast to open the door, there is nothing to say.
Look at the rust phase again. It can be seen that most of the mirror back is rust-free, and the silver is prominent, which is the color of the bronze silver-backed copper mirror with high tin content. The back of the mirror and the mirror surface are attached to the peacock blue and rust red rust scab, of which the mirror rust scab area is slightly larger, and its rust is not bad, and the attachment is tight, which can resist the blade. Although it is a silver back, its color quality is warm, the luster is bright but not thief, and there is no fire. Its rust scab is naturally distributed and is not available as a new pseudo-artificial. There is no need to show it again, distinguish the rust and recognize the pulp, and this mirror rust phase is also undoubtedly open.
If so, after some appreciation and scrutiny, this "Spring Palace Pattern Silver Back Lace Bronze Mirror", all kinds of characteristics, it can be concluded that it is a mirror made in the Tang Dynasty, straight to the point, there is no doubt. As mentioned earlier, the Spring Palace pattern mirror appears relatively more on the Tang mirror, and different mirror styles such as round mirror and square mirror, and mirrors of different sizes have been found and survived, and the craftsmanship is fine. These bronze mirrors with secret patterns in the Spring Palace provide us with important physical objects for studying the social life and sexual culture of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, they are also excellent bronze mirror collections, which are extremely valuable and do not need to be emphasized.
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