Tara or a goddess

Tara or a goddess

Tara or a goddess. Right hand in Abhaya-mudra, the left one hangs down and is broken off just above the elbow.

Details

  • Title : Tara or a goddess
  • Year : 1500 - 1600
  • Classification : Sculpture
  • Medium : Bronze
  • Dimension : h 32 cm × w 12.5 cm × d 7.5 cm
  • Accession No : Item number: AK-MAK-203
  • Country/ Geo-location : NEPAL
  • Collection : Rijksmuseum
  • Credit Line : On loan from the Association of Friends of Asian Art (purchase JW Bianchi, 1934)
  • Acquisition Method : 1972 loan
  • Origin : From J W Bianchi, fl. 585, to the Association of Friends of Asian Art, 1934; {Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972
  • Documentation : *Museum of Asian art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: catalog , HFE Visser, cat.nr. 232 *astern treasures: 4000 years of Asian Art [: 1 1954a] , cat. 591 *Siamese bronze, Siamese stone sculpture and Siamese painting, Yamanaka 1926, no. 17.