The Seige of Ujjain and the Defeat of the Magic She-Ass, Page from a Dispersed Jain Manuscript of the Kalakacharya-katha

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Caption

Indian. The Seige of Ujjain and the Defeat of the Magic She-Ass, Page from a Dispersed Jain Manuscript of the Kalakacharya-katha, ca. 15th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 4 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (11.4 x 25.7 cm) image: 4 1/16 x 2 13/16 in. (10.3 x 7.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Martha M. Green, 1991.181.16. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Indian

Title

The Seige of Ujjain and the Defeat of the Magic She-Ass, 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 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (11.4 x 25.7 cm) image: 4 1/16 x 2 13/16 in. (10.3 x 7.1 cm)

Inscriptions

Verso, at bottom of leaf, in black ink, in Devanagari script: Gardabhilla surrounded by the Sahis; in lower right margin, in Devanagari script: 5

Credit Line

Gift of Martha M. Green

Accession Number

1991.181.16

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