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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
Public Domain
Yes
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