【Bronze mirror with shell-inlaid design depicting a nobleman's feast 高士宴乐纹嵌螺钿铜镜】

The design is made by sticking thin pieces of shells with lacquer onto the back of a mirror. Some of the shell pieces are openwork, others are carved with fine lines.
嵌螺钿铜镜是在镜背用漆贴螺蚌贝壳薄片构成图纹,有的饰片镂空刻画，有的饰片雕刻细线。
The dress adornments of figures and the feathers of the birds are delineated clearly and the natural luster of the shells helps produce a unique artistic effect. This is a rare specimen of Tang Dynasty mirrors.
此镜人物的衣饰、禽鸟的羽翼都刻画得极为清晰，加之螺片本身光泽莹润，艺术效果十分别致，是唐镜中难得的精品。

：中国国家博物馆

#文物里的英语#

I promise nothing: friends will part;

All things may end, for all began;
And truth and singleness of heart

Are mortal even as is man.

But this unlucky love should last

When answered passions thin to air;
Eternal fate so deep has cast

Its sure foundation of despair.

祝我最好朋友 Ella Jenkin 生日快乐~ 15岁开始我们就一直在一起~ 远离家乡的今天感觉我更想念姐妹们啦~ 请享用这些尴尬的照片+可爱的人儿 +真心话小作文输入中

Happy Birthday to my bestfrieeeeend Ella Jenkin ~ through thick n thin since we were 15 ~ missing my sisters a little extra today while i’m so far away from home ~ enjoy the awkward pics + some cute one’s + soppy text incomming