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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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Mahavira's Initiation Tonsure, Folio 37 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
c. 1475–1500
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Provenance
Public?–1932
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1932–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source provenance text
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Exhibitions
PublicSource exhibition text
Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245): April 28, 2015 - November 2, 2015.
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
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Unknown artist · 1470
Text, folio 24 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Unknown artist · 1470
Queen Trishala's Grief and Happiness, Folio 29 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Unknown artist · 1470
Sourced Overview Evidence
When Mahavira chose to renounce his life as a prince to seek omniscience and ultimate liberation, he traveled from his palace to the countryside until he came to a wooded park. The text states that under an ashoka tree in the park, Mahavira removed his ornaments and garlands and plucked out his hair with his fists in five handfuls. In the illumination he unflinchingly grasps a fistful of hair, his pectoral muscle flexed with the effort. Indra, the four-armed king of the gods, sits under a royal canopy on a lower level than Mahavira and praises his extreme act of self-mortification. The dramatic moment is effectively conveyed through the pert and wiry line drawing and bold palette of pigments made from lapis lazuli, vermilion, and lavish amounts of gold.
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.
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