India, Kashmir / 700s
Female Attendants
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Female Attendants as ivory (India, Kashmir · 700s).
Traces of turquoise paint remain on their bodies, suggesting the presence of fabric.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ivory as ivory.
The museum's collection notes: 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.
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