id:			539805
accession number:	1932.119.31.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.119.31.b
updated:		2023-08-24 01:52:51.540000

Text, Folio 31 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475–1500. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.31.b

title:				Text, Folio 31 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
title in original language:	
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creation date:			c. 1475–1500
creation date earliest:		1470
creation date latest:		1500
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Western India, Gujarat
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1932
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1932–
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wall description:
The large, seated figure in the center of the composition is Indra, king of the gods, who holds in his lap the infant Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion. Indra had taken him to Mount Meru, indicated by the jagged peaks at the bottom of the painting, for his first bath. Two priests flanking them hold vessels for the bath, and the two cows above indicate that the vessels are full of milk. The milk bath washed away all the impurities of the birth.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Leach, Linda York.<em> Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 3xii
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