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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Text, folio 5 (verso), from Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, from a Kalpa-sutra
c. 1475–1500
Overall: 11.5 x 29.3 cm (4 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.)
Gift in memory of Herbert F. Leisy 1979.23.b
Location: Not on view
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The "further eye" extending beyond the bounds of the face is a characteristic of 15th-century painting.Description
Manuscripts of the Kalpa-sutra are sacred embodiments of Jain doctrine. For this reason, they are worthy of beautification, adornment, and celebration by the inhabitants of heaven, such as the celestial dancers under cusped arches on this page.The commissioning of a manuscript is believed to cleanse donors of the karmic effects of past wrongdoing. Wealthy donors gained prestige in the community with the costly production of a sacred manuscript.
- ?–1979(Asian Decorative Interiors, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1979–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Reproduced and mentioned: cat. no. 5, p. 15.
- Indian Gallery 109 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 28–May 8, 2001).
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