Buddhist Goddess Tara

Details

  • Title : Buddhist Goddess Tara
  • Year : 1401–1500
  • Classification : Sculpture
  • Medium : Wood with traces of polychrome
  • Dimension : 153.5 x 33.6 x 23.5 cm (60 3/8 x 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
  • Accession No : Reference Number 1998.747
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Culture : Buddhism
  • Period : 15th Century
  • Collection : The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Credit Line : Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
  • Status : Currently Off View
  • PROVENANCE : Most likely sold to Mr. James W. Alsdorf (died 1990), Chicago, Ill., by Spink and Son, London, United Kingdom, March 28, 1980; Loaned long-term to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mrs. James W. Alsdorf (née Marilynn Bruder), Chicago, Ill., June 18, 1997; Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mrs. James W. Alsdorf (née Marilynn Bruder), Chicago, Ill., December 30, 1998.
  • PUBLICATION HISTORY : Pal, Pratapaditya with contributions by Stephen Little. “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection” (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), p. 334: 272 and plate p. 206.