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Relief Depicting Kubera Seated in Royal Ease
Not on view
This panel depicts an obese crowned figure—best identified as Kubera, the ancient Indian yaksha (nature deity) entrusted as the guardian of the divine treasury and, by extension, the bestower of wealth—seated in royal ease. It was positioned flanking the stairway entrance where the god could endow worthy worshippers. Kubera is flanked by two female attendants, who fan him with fly whisks (camara). His crown and torque are elaborated in the northern Indian manner, as seen at a number of sixth-century Gupta sites.
cat. no. 152
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