id:			113035
accession number:	1932.119.37.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.119.37.a
updated:		2023-08-23 19:34:10.281000

Text, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475–1500. Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century. 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 1932.119.37.a

title:				Text, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
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creation date:			c. 1475–1500
creation date earliest:		1470
creation date latest:		1505
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245): April 28, 2015 - November 2, 2015.

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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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When Mahavira chose to renounce his life as a prince to seek omniscience and ultimate liberation, he traveled from his palace to the countryside until he came to a wooded park. The text states that under an ashoka tree in the park, Mahavira removed his ornaments and garlands and plucked out his hair with his fists in five handfuls. In the illumination he unflinchingly grasps a fistful of hair, his pectoral muscle flexed with the effort. Indra, the four-armed king of the gods, sits under a royal canopy on a lower level than Mahavira and praises his extreme act of self-mortification. The dramatic moment is effectively conveyed through the pert and wiry line drawing and bold palette of pigments made from lapis lazuli, vermilion, and lavish amounts of gold.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hollis, Howard C. "A Jaina Manuscript." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 21, no. 2 (1934): 19–21.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 19–21; Reproduced: [unpaginated]
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137600

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