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Mahavira Gives Away his Possessions, Folio 35 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

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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.)

Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.35.b

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

[[upper right]] Śrī Ma* saṃvaśsarī dān

Inscription Translation

Śrī Mahāvīrā donates all of his possessions

Provenance
?–1932
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1932–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Asia Society, Sherman E. Lee, and George Montgomery. Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes. New York: Asia House, 1960. Reproduced pg. 12-13; plate 1(c)
Exhibition history

Asia House, New York City, "Rajput Painting," Dec. 3, 1960-Jan. 22, 1961.

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