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Matchless Pieces · 119 works

Jain Art

Kalpasutra manuscripts and the art of the tirthankaras.

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Shri Raga: An Illustration from a Ragamala Series — India, Mughal, 18th century

India, Mughal, 18th century

Shri Raga: An Illustration from a Ragamala SeriesRitual Bath of Mahavira, Folio 31 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra — Western India, Gujarat

Western India, Gujarat

Ritual Bath of Mahavira, Folio 31 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutraText, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra — Anonymous, last quarter of the 15th century

Anonymous, last quarter of the 15th century

Text, Folio 37 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutraMahavira's Initiation Tonsure, Folio 37 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra — Anonymous, last quarter of the 15th century

Anonymous, last quarter of the 15th century

Mahavira’s Initiation Tonsure, Folio 37 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutraNemi's Omniscience and First Teaching (below) and Nemi in the Realm of Liberation (above), Folio 51 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra — Western India, Gujarat

Western India, Gujarat

Nemi’s Omniscience and First Teaching (below) and Nemi in the Realm of Liberation (above), Folio 51 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutraText, Folio 51 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra — Western India, Gujarat

Western India, Gujarat

Text, Folio 51 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutraText, Folio 54 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra — Western India, Gujarat

Western India, Gujarat

Text, Folio 54 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutraSeated Jina Rishabha Enshrined, from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-Sutra — Western India, Gujarat

Western India, Gujarat

Seated Jina Rishabha Enshrined, from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-SutraFolio 22 from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra: Jain Monk with disciple and two laymen, two Nuns, and a laywoman (recto); Text (verso) — Western India, Gujarat, 13th century

Western India, Gujarat, 13th century

Folio 22 from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra: Jain Monk with disciple and two laymen, two Nuns, and a laywoman (recto); Text (verso)An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi — India, Sultanate period

India, Sultanate period

An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

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