Item: Tara (Buddhist Deity)

Tibetan: སྒྲོལ་མ། སྣང་བརྙན་ཡོངས། Chinese: 度母（本尊）（全像）

(item no. 76027)

Origin Location	Nepal
Date Range	1500 - 1599
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Metal
Collection	Newark Museum

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Female Bodhisattva Figure. The identification is not clear. It is possibly a form of Tara but what she is supposed to hold in her left hand is not obvious. It is also possible that the figure is Marichi and part of a three deity composition of Tara, Marichi and Ekajati.

Jeff Watt, 11-2010