The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 26, 2026

A horizontally oriented tan paper folio features rows of black script organized by thin red vertical lines. Three large red circles are spaced across the horizontal midpoint. Small gold highlights decorate individual characters. Fine script fills the margins at the top, bottom, and sides, while a thin red line frames the central text block on either end.

Text, Folio 36 (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 1932.119.36.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
  • Asia House, New York City, "Rajput Painting," Dec. 3, 1960-Jan. 22, 1961.
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