Statuette
A1112
From: Tibet (uncertain) | Nepal (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | A1112 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Buddhist | Tibetan (uncertain) | Nepalese (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Tibet (uncertain) | Nepal (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 17th Century - 18th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Copper Alloy | Bronze |
| Iconography | White Tara | Inscription |
| Inscription Language | Tibetan Language |
| Description | Gilt bronze statuette of White Tara with seven eyes, seated on a lotus on an oblong dias with a halo. Tara is a bodhisattva popular in Tibetan and Nepalese Buddhism. She is usually depicted in a seated postion. Her hands are in the mudra which tranquilizes and collects. Inscription on the front of the base. Statue is in three parts: base, figure, and halo. |
| Height | 27 cm |
| Length | 9 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Alexander Scott, 1914 |
| Other Number | Getz 165 - Other Number |
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