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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)

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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