西汉四乳四虺铜镜 GBCA
西汉四乳四虺铜镜。 102毫米。重量:224.0克。设计的特点是四个螺柱均匀地间隔成正方形，并有四虺纹。表面大多覆盖著迷人斑驳的厚绿色和红色铜绿。<em>"虺"字指的是中国神话中的毒蛇。古语有云:"虺五百年化为蛟、蛟修炼千年才为龙"。人们认为，虺是抽象的龙纹雏型，通常与雀鸟置于一处，如现在的拍品，被认为与日神关係紧密。
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CHINA. Early Han Dynasty. Four Small Domes Four Huei Bronze Mirror, ND. Graded "78" by GBCA. Diameter: 102 mm. Weight: 224.0 gms. The design features four studs evenly spaced in a square formation and four Huei patterns. The surfaces are mostly covered by attractive mottled thick green and red patina. The Huei pattern is in reference to a venomous snake in Chinese mythology. There is a saying "It take 500 years for Huei to become Jiao, 1000 years for Jiao to become dragon". It is believed that the Huei pattern is a prototype of the abstract dragon pattern, usually found combined with a bird pattern, such as the present example, which is closely related to the of Sun god.
