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Sthulabhadra as a Lion in a Cave With His Sisters (top) / Sthulabhadra's Sisters Before Bhadrabahu (or Sthulabhadra) (bottom); Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1955
Title: Sthulabhadra as a Lion in a Cave With His Sisters (top) / Sthulabhadra's Sisters Before Bhadrabahu (or Sthulabhadra) (bottom); Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
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Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper, India (Gujarat).
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