Kalaka and Sahi, Page from a Dispersed Jain Manuscript of the Kalakacharya-katha

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Caption

Indian. Kalaka and Sahi, Page from a Dispersed Jain Manuscript of the Kalakacharya-katha, ca. 15th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 4 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (10.8 x 26.0 cm) image: 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (9.5 x 7.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Martha M. Green, 1991.181.17. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Indian

Title

Kalaka and Sahi, Page from a Dispersed Jain Manuscript of the Kalakacharya-katha

Date

ca. 15th century

Geography

Place made: Gujarat, India

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

sheet: 4 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (10.8 x 26.0 cm) image: 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (9.5 x 7.0 cm)

Inscriptions

Recto,At the top right, in black ink in Sanskrit, in Devanagari script: shaki (?) At the lower right, in Devanagari script: 5

Credit Line

Gift of Martha M. Green

Accession Number

1991.181.17

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