Posted on 11/09/2022 7:04:24 PM PST by Redcitizen
Curators at the Cincinnati Art Museum made a surprising discovery when they shined a flashlight onto a mirror in their collection, revealing a hidden image.
Last spring, Hou-mei Sung, a curator in the museum's East Asian art collection, was rummaging through one of the archives while conducting research on "magic mirrors." When these rare mirrors, typically from Japan or China, are viewed in a certain light, they reveal images on their reflective surfaces, according to CNN.
Sung noticed that the mirror, which measures less than 9 inches (23 centimeters) in diameter and is affixed with a strand of bright-red rope, resembled mirrors made during Japan's Edo period (1603 to 1867).
Although the mirror was smaller than ones Sung had seen on display at other museums, she noticed something "very similar" about the piece, which dates to the 15th or 16th centuries, she told CNN.
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It revealed the true picture of Dorian Gray!
Supposed to be ‘an image of a seated Buddha, with beams of light encircling him. Inscribed on the back of the mirror in bronze was the word Amitabha, also known as the “Buddha of Eternal Life” and one of the five cosmic Buddhas of Esoteric Buddhism’ but I can’t see it. I wish they had a better photo of it.
Cant you get the same effect out of an old flashlight with a weathered lens?
Maybe its the mirror of Dorian Gray.
That’s a little too much work. :)
I thought that was Biden, until I saw Kramer.
The “rays of light” are symbolic of arms and this deity is usually referred to as the Thousand Armed Amitabha. The arms are reaching out to touch all sentient beings with the compassion of the Buddhas.
“Anamorphosis.” It’s a thing!
Upon reflection, I agree!
Thanks Redcitizen.
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