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Kalpasutra
Indian, Jain
second half of 15th century
Object Place: Gujarat, Western India
Medium/Technique
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Each page: 11 x 26 cm (4 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2278.1-107
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
InscriptionsText is in Prakrit. No colophon has been discovered. Most illustrations have two titles or headings, one in red ink, one in black, with nearly identical texts.
Provenance1913, purchased from the library of Puj Kripa Rishi, a Jaina priest, Patti, Panjab by Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)