What was once thought to be an unremarkable, albeit old, Chinese mirror sitting in storage in a museum in the American midwest turned out to be a spectacular artefact full of awe and mystery.
What it revealed was momentous : when the light was reflected off the mirror it revealed an image of the Amitābha Buddha surrounded by emanating rays of light. Buddhist magic mirrors, also called “transparent” and “light-penetrating” mirrors, were first made in China during the Han dynasty and were also a notable artefact from Japan’s Edo period .
When the mirror is held to light from the correct angle, the bronze reflects the light to reveal the secret image, a buddha in the case of the Cincinnati Art Museum’s relic.
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