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Mahavira Gives Away His Belongings, Folio from a Kalpasutra (Book of Sacred Precepts)1475-1500

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Illustrated manuscript page with Devanagari script in alternating black and red ink, with a painted scene of a large crowned figure surrounded by smaller attendants against a crimson background

Unknown, Mahavira Gives Away His Belongings, Folio from a Kalpasutra (Book of Sacred Precepts), 1475-1500, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Navin Kumar, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Mahavira Gives Away His Belongings, Folio from a Kalpasutra (Book of Sacred Precepts)
Place Made
India, Gujarat
Date Made
1475-1500
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (10.8 x 7.94 cm); Sheet: 4 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (11.11 x 26.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Navin Kumar
Accession Number
M.88.28.1a-b
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Painting, vol.1. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.