The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 28, 2026

A horizontally oriented paper folio is inked with rows of dense black script. Three thick red vertical bands divide the page, punctuated by three solid red circles along the center. Small sections of text are highlighted in gold. A dark stain spreads across the top left corner, near a jagged hole that punctures the paper. The composition is defined by these bold red markers and tightly packed characters.

Text, Folio 44 (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 1932.119.44.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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