The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 27, 2026

A horizontally oriented rectangular folio features dense rows of black-inked script on aged paper. Two vertical red bands frame a central section containing a solid red circle and gold-accented characters. Frequent red vertical slashes separate words across horizontal rows, while narrow columns of smaller text fill the left and right margins. The script is precise and uniform, set against a background showing slight wear along the bottom edge.

Text, Folio 68 (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 1932.119.68.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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