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Female Attendants
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About this work
These elegant female figures would have originally been in a portable, wooden shrine with a central ivory depicting the Buddha. One holds a chaurī , or flywhisk, a frequent attribute of attendants, while the one originally on the left holds a lotus. Both display a graceful contraposto ( tribhanga ). Their rich jewelry contrasts successfully with the softness of their flesh.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFemale Attendants, 700s. India, Kashmir. Ivory; overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); base: 2.2 x 2.3 cm (7/8 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1972.35
