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Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Queen Trishala Reclining

c. 1450–75

This object has related works. See Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra Praises the Embryo of Mahavira in the Womb of the Brahman Woman Devananda

Western India, Gujarat

Gum tempera and gold on paper; 18th century gold flecked border

Image: 9.5 x 6.8 cm (3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.); Page: 22.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1925.1340

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Queen Trishala reclines, enjoying a happy pregnancy with the Jina-to-be.

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.

Provenance
?–1925
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1925–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Reproduced and mentioned: cat. no. 4ii, p. 14.
Exhibition history

Exhibition of the Month: Jewelry of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-June 2, 1947).

India's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950).

Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017).

Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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