Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan · Watercolour Postcard

Everyone who steps inside looks up at the dome, one of the loveliest in Iran, but the real marvel only appears at certain hours. Sunlight through the sixteen lattice windows lays a beam across the tiles and the pattern resolves into a peacock, its glowing tail made entirely of that shaft of light. As the sun moves, the tail shifts and fades, so the bird is never the same twice. This A6 art postcard marks the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan.

Part of the Postcards Home series: a growing collection of original illustrated postcards, each rooted in a real place, ready to write and send.