Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Tara (Buddhist Deity) - (Suryagupta, 21 Taras)

སྒྲོལ་མ། སྣང་བརྙན་ཡོངས། 度母(本尊)(全像)
(item no. 88656)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1300 - 1399
Size 78.11x63.50cm (30.75x25in)
Material Ground: Cotton
Collection Asia Society
Catalogue # acc. #1991.001, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Acquisitions Fund
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Female

TBRC: bdr:W25346

Interpretation / Description

Green Tara accompanied by two standing attendants. At the upper left is Shakyamuni Buddha. At the upper right is White Tara.

Video: Tara Painting #88656

In the registers occupying the upper half of the composition are the Twenty-one Taras of the Suryagupta Tradition. In the registers of the lower half of the composition are the Twenty-one Taras according to the Atisha Tradition.

At the bottom center are two donor figures with a Tibetan teacher wearing monastic garments and a pandita hat seated directly above.

Jeff Watt 2-2021

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