Artwork
Text, Folio 39 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 39 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra is an unspecified painting by the Mughal Painting artist Unknown. It dates from 1488 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. A page from a Kalpa-sutra manuscript, featuring dense, angular script in black ink, adorned with red accents and a central red circle.
About this work
Overview
A page from a Kalpa-sutra manuscript, featuring dense, angular script in black ink, adorned with red accents and a central red circle.
Technique & Style
The text is written in neat rows, with some letters marked by tiny red dots, and is framed by a thin red border, suggesting a careful and deliberate approach to the manuscript's production.
Subject & Meaning
The text likely contains instructions or a narrative, with the red dots potentially indicating significant words or sounds, although the specific meaning is not immediately clear.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
