The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Female Attendants
700s
Overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); Base: 2.2 x 2.3 cm (7/8 x 7/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1972.35
Location: 237 Himalayan
Did You Know?
Traces of turquoise paint remain on their bodies, suggesting the presence of fabric.Description
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.- ?–1972(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1972–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3 (March 1973): 63–115. Mentioned: no. 322, p. 115; Mentioned: no. 322, p. 92 www.jstor.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 293 archive.orgCzuma, Stanislaw. "A Unique Addition to the School of Kashmiri Ivories." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 8 (1988): 298-319. Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 5, p. 302; fig. 8a, p. 304; fig. 8b, p. 305 www.jstor.orgBenay, Erin E. Italy by Way of India: Translating Art and Devotion in the Early Modern World. Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 79–80, figs. 68 and 69
- Collecting Paradise: Buddhist Art of Kashmir and Its Legacies. Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY (May 22-October 19, 2015).Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
- {{cite web|title=Female Attendants|url=false|author=|year=700s|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.35