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

Jain Kalpasutra Manuscript - 88 numbered folios.

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Gujarat, Western India, 15th-16th  century

117 x 300mm each

The folios are numbered and a few are missing.

Contains

- Five folios with two large paintings

- Twenty Five folios with one large painting

- Fifty six folio sides with a single small painting

- One cover page and a last page

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Lot 381 / Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art / 20 September 2021 / New York

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* the first 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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