Pan-chi-wen (English spelling)

Japanese: 蟠螭文 - ばんちもん(英語表記)pan-chi-wen
Pan-chi-wen (English spelling)
A pattern used on copper vessels and copper mirrors from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Warring States period in China. "Ban" means "to be anxious" and "mizuchi" means a young dragon without horns, and they express the state of being intertwined with each other. This is a variation of the "kui-ryu" pattern.

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Japanese:
中国,殷・周~戦国時代の銅器や銅鏡に用いられた文様。蟠は「わだかまる」,螭(みずち)は角のない若い竜の意で,互いにからみ合うさまを表す。夔竜文の一つの変形文様。

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