Cleveland Museum of Art
Celestial Dancers, folio 5 (recto), from Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, from a Kalpa-sutra
- Date
- c. 1475–1500
- Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Western India, Gujarat
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Manuscripts of the Kalpa-sutra are sacred embodiments of Jain doctrine. For this reason, they are worthy of beautification, adornment, and celebration by the inhabitants of heaven, such as the celestial dancers under cusped arches on this page. The commissioning of a manuscript is believed to cleanse donors of the karmic effects of past wrongdoing. Wealthy donors gained prestige in the community with the costly production of a sacred manuscript. The "further eye" extending beyond the bounds of the face is a characteristic of 15th-century painting.
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.
Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, folio 5 from a Kalpa-sutra
Cleveland Museum of Art
Text, folio 5 (verso), from Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, from a Kalpa-sutra
Cleveland Museum of Art
Text, Folio 57 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Jina Rishabha Enshrined, from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-Sutra
Cleveland Museum of Art
Folio 141, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Text (recto); Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Lay disciple (verso)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Text, Folio 54 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Cleveland Museum of Art
Folio 141 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya
Cleveland Museum of Art
Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Text, folio 5 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Cleveland Museum of Art
Text, folio 15 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Cleveland Museum of Art
Text, Folio 25 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Cleveland Museum of Art
Illumination, folio 16 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Cleveland Museum of Art