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"title": "Indian Gallery 242 Rotation \u2013 April-November 2017",
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"description": "Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Queen Trishala Reclining, c. 1450\u201375. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and gold on paper; 18th century gold flecked border; painting: 9.5 x 6.8 cm (3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.); overall: 22.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1925.1340",
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"did_you_know": "The four-armed king of the gods, Indra, got off his throne to kneel in praise of the conception of the 24th Jina Mahavira.",
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"description": "Until recently, and especially during the 1800s and early 1900s, the paintings in South Asian manuscripts were excised and mounted as individual works of art. These two paintings from a Jain manuscript of the Kalpa-sutra have been separated from the text and mounted with gold-flecked borders, like pictures in an album.",
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"citation": "Vinaya Sagar, Mahopadhyaya, Makund Lath, and Chandramani Singh. Kalpasu\u0304tra: eighth chapter of the Das\u0301a\u0304s\u0301rutaskandha of Bhadraba\u0304hu, with Hindi and English versions and coloured reproductions of original 16th century miniatures. Jaipur: Prakrit Bharati, 1977.",
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"citation": "Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.",
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