Accession number
MS M.1238.1-2
Object title
Illuminated leaf from the Kalpasūtra (MS M.1238.1).
Created
India, likely Gujarat or Rajasthan, 1464
Credit line
Gift of William M. Voelkle in memory of Barbara Stoler Miller, 2023.
Description
1 single leaf : paper, illuminated ; 113 x 262 mm
Provenance
Palo Alto collector? (framer's label: Richard Sumner, Frames, Prints, and Gallery, 628 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, California); New York, Tepper Galleries, 18 April 2009, lot 1202; William M. Voelkle; gifted to the Morgan Library & Museum, 2023.
Notes
Leaf with text and image concerning the life of Arishtanemi.
Text: Kalpasūtra.
Decoration: 1 miniatures: Birth of Arishtanemi.
The image illustrates the verso of the leaf.
For other examples of Kalpasūtra leaves, see MS M.1238.2, MS M.1237 and MS M.1239.1-2. Of a similar format and layout, MS M.1035.1-2 come from a Kālakācāryakathānaka, a non-canonical text often added to Kalpasūtra volumes.
Text: Kalpasūtra.
Decoration: 1 miniatures: Birth of Arishtanemi.
The image illustrates the verso of the leaf.
For other examples of Kalpasūtra leaves, see MS M.1238.2, MS M.1237 and MS M.1239.1-2. Of a similar format and layout, MS M.1035.1-2 come from a Kālakācāryakathānaka, a non-canonical text often added to Kalpasūtra volumes.
Language
Prakrit
Century
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