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Folio (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text

1279
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Devachandra

(Indian)
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Culture
Western India, Gujarat, 13th century
Medium
Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Measurements
Overall: 5.1 x 34.8 cm (2 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.122.a
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This version of the story of Kalaka was composed in 1089.
A gum tempera and ink painting on a fragmented, horizontal strip of tan palm leaf with jagged edges. Four rows of dense, black script fill the surface, organized into panels by vertical red lines. A circular binding hole within a red square sits slightly to our left of the midpoint. The stylized, angular characters maintain a consistent height and spacing across the textured material.

Folio (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text

1279

Devachandra

(Indian)
Western India, Gujarat, 13th century

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