Kamatha Performing the Five Fire Penances (top) and Parsvanatha Rescuing the Snake Dharana (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

The image depicts a two-panel artwork. The top panel shows a brown-skinned man with short black hair sitting cross-legged on a decorative cloth with hands folded in prayer; he wears a necklace, earrings, a waistband and a beaded belt; his head is surrounded by a red halo; behind him are four decorative fans; the background of this panel is blue. The bottom panel depicts a man on foot and another riding an elephant; the standing man wears a loincloth; the seated man wears a headband and holds a stick; the elephant has a decorative covering with a pink circle on its side; the standing man holds a stick; the background of this panel is blue; the entire artwork is surrounded by a thin beige border then a thicker red border.