Attendant Bearing a Fly Whisk (Chauri)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Attendant Bearing a Fly Whisk (Chauri)

Date
c. 100–150 CE
Medium
red sandstone
Culture
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan period
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
141933

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This figure would have been one of two flanking a king, the Buddha, or other royal or holy figure. The relaxed stance indicates that he is an attendant, rather than a central icon. Early depictions of the Buddha in India frequently have images of chauri -bearers on either side. They are identifiable as nature divinities called yakshas during this period, but in later periods the Buddha's attendants can be recognized as specific bodhisattvas, who are beings on the path to enlightenment.

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Credit line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Provenance
?–1965: (Frank Caro [1904-1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1965–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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