id:			141933
accession number:	1965.472
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.472
updated:		2023-11-29 06:19:34.921000

Attendant Bearing a Fly Whisk (Chauri), c. AD 100–150. Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan period (c. 80-320). Red sandstone; overall: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1965.472

title:				Attendant Bearing a Fly Whisk (Chauri)
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creation date:			c. AD 100–150
creation date earliest:		100
creation date latest:		150
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, Kushan period (c. 80-320)
technique:	red sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Mathura
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 55.8 cm (21 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India
	opening date:   1985-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1985-January 5, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Frank Caro [1904-1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1965
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1965–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 229
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n253

	“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1965.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 20, 1966, pp. 84–113.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 87, fig. 11
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	Lee, Sherman E. “Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 53, no. 7, 1966, pp. 181–284.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 140, p. 253: Mentioned: no. 140, p. 285
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152110

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 229
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n253

	Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 86-87, figs. 3 and 4
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152680

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 288
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n308

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 18, p. 76
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 15
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n30

	Stone, Elizabeth Rosen. “An Early Image of Maitreya as a Brahman Ascetic?” <em>Metropolitan Museum Journal</em>, vol. 42, 2007, pp. 57–81, 9.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 66, fig. 16
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/20320673

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