Arts of the Islamic World | Bookbinding for a copy of The Lawa'ih (Effulgences of Light)

Bookbinding for a copy of The Lawa'ih (Effulgences of Light)

circa 1521-1525

Safavid period

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
H: 29.0 W: 18.2 cm
Possibly Herat, Iran

S1986.38.1