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Shang and Zhou of the Shang Dynasty bronze mirror bronze mirror identification techniques are circular. Nearly flat or convex mirror, the mirror body is thin, the back of the central arch of a bow (or bridge) button. Western Zhou Dynasty bronze mirror are also circular, flat or convex mirror, the mirror body is thin, mirror button arcuate, semi-circular, rectangular variety. Can be divided into plain mirror, heavy ring mirror, mirror three birds pattern. Then based on prime lens, the mid-Western Zhou bronze mirrors there have ornamentation, decoration mirror back to the late change, the emergence of animal ornamentation, breaking the traditional style. Prime lens: the back of the mirror means no ornamentation. Heavy ring Crystal: convex mirror, the back arched buttons, decorated heavy ring. Birds Bronze Mirror: mirror body straight back with two parallel arcuate button. In the top of the button with deer pattern, there are expanded under the wings of the bird.