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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Aged parchment with rounded corners, containing text written in a non-Latin script. The text is black, in multiple horizontal lines across the middle of the page. Three red circles are visible, two on the left and right edges of the page and one slightly off-center. Two thin red vertical lines are on the inner sides of the red circles. A small non-Latin signature is at the bottom-right. The background of the page is beige, with a subtle texture suggesting aged paper. The image is set against a plain off-white background.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
599 × 267 px
Public Domain
Yes
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