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Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A rectangular piece of aged paper with a light-brown color. The paper has darker brown spots and edges. The paper has a red vertical line on the left and right edges. There are three red circles; one is on the left edge, one is on the right edge and the third one is on the middle of the paper. The paper has black text written in a foreign language, possibly Devanagari script. The text is written in 10 lines and appears to be a passage or verse. The background behind the paper is a solid beige color. The number 23 is written in black on the bottom right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
15th century
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture:
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions:
600 × 268 px
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