Tara, the Buddhist Savior, Malla period, 14th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt copper alloy with color, inlaid

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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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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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