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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular, aged paper page with rounded corners. The page is off-white to beige in color. Black text written in a foreign script, likely Devanagari, occupies most of the page, arranged in lines. Two vertical red lines run along the left and right sides. Three red circular marks are present: one on the left side and one on the right side, aligned vertically with the red lines, and one on the right side, lower than the other two. The background behind the page is plain and beige.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
598 × 272 px
Public Domain
Yes
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