A Jain Double-sided Illustration to a Kalpasutra Manuscript

On recto, slight rubbing and subsequent loss to pigment in picture plane. Slight oxidization on right foot of the bed and shoulder of the female attendant resulting in hole of three mm. Minor tear of less than one cm due to oxidization near right arm of reclining woman. Puncture in lower right and upper center left. Visible on recto next to the text, dark spots and minor fragmentary loss as result of oxidization of gold pigment on the picture plane of verso image. This lot is exhibited in a temporary frame.
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The Kalpasutra  is an important canonical work of the Jains, associated specifically with the Shvetambara sect.  The text written in nagari script identifies the corresponding scenes on the folio. The recto scene depicts the tirthankara’s birth and the image on the verso shows Adinath, the first tirthankara of  the Jain faith.

Compare with other folios of the Kalpasutra in P. Pal, The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India, Los Angeles, 1995, pp. 208-211, nos. 86, 88.