Page the Kalpasutra of Bhadrabahu, a canonical text of the Shvetambara sect of Jainism

CultureIndian

DateDelhi Sultanate period (1173-1526)

MediumManuscript with colors

DimensionsSheet: 4 5/16 × 10 1/2 inches (10.95 × 26.67 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number35-177

Markingsverso (in pencil): "35-40/155"

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionUpper part has Mahavira giving alms and also borne in a golden palanquin by the gods on his way to devote himself to monastic life. Lower part, Mahavira enthroned under the Asoke tree with Indra in attandance.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Miniature Painting of India, Pomona College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA, February 15–March 6, 1957; Pasadena Art Museum (title changed to Indian Miniatures), March 8–March 31, 1957, no cat.

Provenance

With Imre Schwaiger (1868–1940), Delhi, India, by 1935 [1];

Purchased from Schwaiger, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

NOTES:

[1] Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01/01 Director's Office Records, Paul Gardner, box 4, folder 41, 1935 Sickman purchases en route. Before Laurence Sickman assumed his role as Curator of Asian Art in June 1935, he traveled through South Asia and the Middle East on his way from China to the US. This is one of several objects he purchased in Delhi from Hungarian-born dealer Schwaiger during this trip.

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