Kalaka Hears Gunakara Preach; Kalaka Exercises the Horse, Page from a Dispersed Jain Manuscript of the Kalakacharya-katha

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Caption

Indian. Kalaka Hears Gunakara Preach; Kalaka Exercises the Horse, Page from a Dispersed Jain Manuscript of the Kalakacharya-katha, ca. 15th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 4 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (11.1 x 25.6 cm) image: 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (10.5 x 7.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Martha M. Green, 1991.181.18. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Indian

Title

Kalaka Hears Gunakara Preach; Kalaka Exercises the Horse, 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 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (11.1 x 25.6 cm) image: 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (10.5 x 7.0 cm)

Inscriptions

Verso, in upper right margin, in black ink, in Sanskrit, in Devanagari script: Kalaka...; at the lower right corner, in Devanagari script: 1

Credit Line

Gift of Martha M. Green

Accession Number

1991.181.18

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