Chaz Lytle

Small masks made of precious media-especially greenstone, which Mesoamerican people valued above most other materials-likely served as elements of Olmec elite regalia. Such masks commonly depict human faces, although it is unclear whether the creature shown on this unusual example is human or supernatural. It may be a late work.

Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec

greenstone

Overall: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Wadhams in memory of Miss Helen Humphreys

clevelandart.org/art/1967.154

This manuscript is open to a page with a painting that depicts the story of a Jain monk who transformed himself into a composite beast when his sisters, two nuns, came to visit him. Terrified, the nuns ran to a senior monk, at the lower left, who admonished their brother for his overly prideful display of power. Remarkably, this story is not told in the text itself, which contains only their names among a list of prominent Jain teachers. The painting would remind a reader of the story that is found in many commentaries to the text.

Western India, Gujarat

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Did you know...

The three red dots in the margins and the center occur only on the reverse side of the page; the obverse side has only one red dot in the center.

Edward L. Whittemore Fund

clevelandart.org/art/1932.119.60.b

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