Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.95

c13.95

59—78. These miniatures are taken from the undated palm-leaf manuscript of the Kalpasūtra in the collection of Sheth Ānandjī Mangaljīnī Pedhī nā Jñāna Bhaṇḍār, Īdar. In all the miniatures of the Īdar Kalpasūtra, the background is red. Gold has been used profusely for the first time in the miniatures on palm-leaf. Besides gold, vermilion, rose, crimson, yellow, ultramarine, silver grey, purple, white, black, indigo and orange have also been used. The men usually wear beards whose hair strands are represented with fine brush strokes. The manuscript has thirty-three miniatures.