Mihr-u mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter)
by Muhammad ‘Assar of Tabriz
Ink and gold on paper, 1523, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
This printer’s ornament has just been added to the galleries.
From La corbeille (The basket), a printer’s book made of pretty bits and pieces, in the way keepsakes used to be. Circa 1850.
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