The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 28, 2026

A horizontally oriented folio features dense rows of black-inked script on tan, aged paper. Three bold red circles are spaced along the central horizontal axis, while thick red vertical bands frame the text block. Thinner red lines and gold highlights are interspersed throughout the writing. In the bottom right corner, a stylized black numeral sits on the blank margin. The composition is defined by the rhythmic repetition of text and circles.

Text, Folio 21 (verso), 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 1932.119.21.b
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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