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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 curved corners, featuring black text written in a foreign language, possibly in a script such as Devanagari. The text is written in two colors, with most of it in black ink and some parts highlighted in red. A thin blue line runs vertically along the left and right edges of the paper. Three red circular marks are present on the page: one on the left edge, one on the right edge, and another on the right side of the paper. The background of the image is a plain off-white color.

Artwork Details

Date
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Dimensions
600 × 271 px
Public Domain
Yes
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