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The Lion's Cave with Sthulabhadra and His Sisters, Folio 60 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1450
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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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.

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