9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century
9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 Ancient Jain Kalpasutra Mansucript - 88 folios-WOVENSOULS Antique Textiles & Art Gallery 9003 Ancient Jain Kalpasutra Mansucript - 88 folios-WOVENSOULS Antique Textiles & Art Gallery 9003 Ancient Jain Kalpasutra Mansucript - 88 folios-WOVENSOULS Antique Textiles & Art Gallery 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century 9003 Ancient Jain Kalpasutra Mansucript - 88 folios-WOVENSOULS Antique Textiles & Art Gallery

9003 A Group of Double-sided Eighty-eight Illustrations to a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India, probably Gujarat, circa 16th Century

$48,000.00

Jain Kalpasutra Manuscript - 88 numbered folios. 

Gujarat, Western India, 15th-16th  century

117 x 300mm each

The folios are numbered and a few are missing in the sequence. 

Contains 34 large gold illuminated paintings, 171 small paintings and some pages have motifs in the margin. (the effect of the gold is hard to capture in photos)

This was offered at a Sotheby's Auction in 2021. (details on the  Sotheby's link )  / Lot 381 / Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art / 20 September 2021 / New York

More photos are available on request. 

* In this listing, the last photo is a composite of several of the paintings from different folios. 


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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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