What Is a Mirror Box?

[Mirror box] Ancient bronze mirror. Also known as "Mirror ". As early as the Pre-Qin period, the utensil used to store bronze mirrors was a small piece of bamboo tube. The lacquer ware was used in the Han Dynasty. Porcelain mirror boxes were popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. But the complete objects we can see are artifacts as late as the Northern Song Dynasty. Net-shaped, small circle foot; the box lid is decorated with black colored lotus, lotus leaves and aquatic plants, and the words "mirror box" are written on both sides of the inner ring lid button. The wall of the cover and the outer wall of the body are painted with curling patterns. If the cover and body are slightly uncomfortable, the curling pattern will be displaced up and down. Therefore, this circle of curling grass not only plays a decorative role, but also has a positioning function for the cover. The "mirror box" is called the "mirror box" in the Jiangnan region, and the mirror box is called in the northern region. ^[1]