Genealogical text, folio 167 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya (1278): Art, History and Details

Genealogical text, folio 167 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya (1278) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This page provides the genealogy of the donor, who is from the Shaurani branch of the Ukesa family, which was prominent in Gujarat. Jain manuscripts of the Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalaka often conclude with a colophon that states when and where the manuscript was made, as is found on the recto of this folio. The genealogy of the donor's family, on the verso, follows the colophon. There may have been one more page after this one containing the remainder of the genealogy.

Object facts

• Title: Genealogical text, folio 167 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya
• Date: 1278
• Culture: Western India, Gujarat, Palanpur (Prahladanapura)
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
• Dimensions: Overall: 5.4 x 32.1 cm (2 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1971.126.b

A detail from the museum

The lamp black ink for the text was made from mixing carbon, water, and gum Arabic in copper pots.

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Brown, W. Norman. The Story of Kālaka: Texts, History, Legends, and Miniature Paintings of the Śvetāmbara Jain Hagiographical Work, the Kālakācāryakathā (with 15 Plates). Washington, DC: Lord Baltimore Press, 1933.
• Nawab, Sarabhai Manilal. Jain Paintings: Paintings on Palm-Leaves and Wooden Bookcovers Only. vol. I. Ahmedabad: Messrs Sarabhai Manilal Nawab, 1980.
• Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.

View the collection record

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