Female Attendants
Unknown Artist
700s
Medium
ivory
Dimensions
h. 7.5 cm · base: 2.2 × 2.3 cm
Classification
Ivory
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1972.35
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.