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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A piece of aged paper with writing on it. The paper is rectangular, longer horizontally than vertically. The background of the paper is beige with darker edges. There are two vertical red lines, one on the left and one on the right side. The writing on the paper is in black ink and appears to be in a foreign language, possibly written in a script such as Devanagari. The text is arranged in 9 lines. There are three red circular marks, one on the left side near the edge of the paper, one in the center, and one on the right side near the edge. The background behind the paper is plain and beige.

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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