Mirror, Mirror — Ancient Image Revealed by Cell Phone Light
Photos: Rob Deslongchamps/Cincinnati Art Museum (via CNN.com)
The small bronze mirror from the 15th or 16th century was gathering dust in a storeroom in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian Art collection. It would have probably remained forgotten and dusty if a curator hadn’t put research and a remarkable memory together. The museum’s curator of East Asian art was researching “magic mirrors,” or rare […]