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Tara, the Buddhist Savior, Malla period, 14th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt copper alloy with color, inlaid
Tara, the Buddhist Savior, Malla period, 14th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt copper alloy with color, inlaid with semiprecious stones, H. 23 1/4 in. ( cm); H. incl. base 26 in. (66 cm), W. 10 1/2 in. ( cm); D. 5 in. (12/7 cm); Wt. 23 lbs ( kg), Sculpture, Tara, the supreme Buddhist saviouress, grants boons to devotees with her outstretched lower hand delicately clasping a flower bud. A lotus in full bloom adorns her shoulder. She is richly bejeweled, her openwork diadem inset with turquoise and semiprecious stones
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