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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular piece of aged paper with rounded corners. The paper is beige with darker edges. There are two red vertical lines, one on the left and one on the right side. Two red circles, one on the left and one on the right side, positioned near the vertical lines. Black text written in a non-Latin script is arranged in lines across the page. The text is written in black ink. A small number "34" is written in black ink at the bottom right corner. The background behind the paper is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
598 × 270 px
Public Domain
Yes
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