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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 rounded corners and wavy edges. The paper is light brown with darker brown spots. There are two red vertical lines, one on the left and one on the right side. Three red circles, one on the left side, one in the middle and one on the right side. The text is written in black ink and appears to be in a non-Latin script. The text is arranged in lines, with some lines having more text than others. The background behind the paper is plain and off-white.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
599 × 268 px
Public Domain
Yes
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