Description
This page is from the end of a manuscript, which contains two texts often paired together, the Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya. The latter tells a story about a Jain teacher who used magic to overthrow an evil king. The lay women who listen reverently to the nuns’ teaching may be the donors who paid for the creation of the manuscript.
Provenance
Sanghavina Padano Bhandar, Patan, India; (Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1971); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1971–)
Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)
1278
Accession Number
1971.126
Medium
Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 5.4 x 32.1 cm (2 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
