Two Jain manuscript folios from the Kalpa Sutra

INDIA, 15TH CENTURY

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Two Jain manuscript folios from the Kalpa Sutra
India, 15th century
One depicting Mahavira seated on a crescent moon below a scene of his renunciation with text on the verso; the second with a scene of Mahavira and the Jealous God above the Jina on an elephant on one side and the birth of Mahavira on the other
Opaque pigments on paper
5 1/8 x 13¼ in. (13 x 33.7 cm.), the larger (2)

Provenance

Estate of Mr. Fong Chow, New York

Lot Essay

For an explanation of the scenes from Mahavira's life as described in the Kalpa Sutra, see P. Granoff, Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection, 1999, fig. 1.14, p. 29, fig. P.05, p. 233, and fig. P.02, pp. 228-229.

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