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Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra: A Monk Preaching (recto); Text (verso)

Unknown

1275

unspecified

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Mughal Painting Medieval Religious

Dominant colour

Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra: A Monk Preaching (recto); Text (verso) is a 1275 unspecified by Unknown, a Mughal Painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1275 · Mughal Painting
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

This is a long, narrow piece of aged paper with writing on both sides. On the top half, there’s a small painted scene of a seated figure with a lion beside it, surrounded by red and gold colors. The bottom half is covered in neat, handwritten text in a script that looks like an old language. The edges are uneven, and the paper has small holes and stains. The lion and the seated figure might be important symbols in the story this text tells. The writing looks like it’s in Sanskrit, which was used in ancient Indian texts. If you like this kind of old, handwritten art, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art.