The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 26, 2026

A horizontally oriented gum tempera and ink manuscript on beige paper is filled with dense rows of black script hanging from top bars. Two vertical red bands divide the page into narrow margins and a wide central section punctuated by a bright red circle. Smaller red markings and gold flecks are scattered throughout. The composition is tightly packed, creating a structured, rhythmic display of rounded characters and bold colors.

Text, Folio 18 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.18.a
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1932
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1932–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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