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anonymous: Statue of Tara  wikidata:Q15297468 reasonator:Q15297468
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Title
Statue of Tara
label QS:Les,"Estatua de Tara"
label QS:Lja,"タラ像"
label QS:Lfr,"statue de Tara"
label QS:Lth,"เทวรูปพระโพธิสัตว์ตารา"
label QS:Lsi,"තාරා දේවි පිළිමය"
label QS:Lca,"Estàtua de Tara"
label QS:Lde,"Statue der Tara (British Museum)"
label QS:Lpt,"Estátua de Tara"
label QS:Len,"Statue of Tara"
label QS:Lmy,"တာရာရုပ်ပွားတော်"
label QS:Lbn,"বোধিসত্ত্ব তারার মূর্তি"
label QS:Lta,"தாரா சிலை"
Object type statue Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Bodhisattva Tara. Gilded bronze, Sri Lanka, 8th century CE. With her right hand, the bodhisattva makes varadamudra, the gesture of charity or gift-giving, while her left hand may originally have held a lotus. The image is solid cast and would once have had semi-precious stone or crystal inlaid eyes. The niche in the head-dress would have contained a figure of a Dhyani Buddha. This sculpture was found on the east coast of Sri Lanka between Batticaloa and Trincomalee and is evidence of the presence of Mahayana Buddhism in the Anuradhapura period of Sri Lanka. These doctrines are generally more associated with the north of India. Given by Sir Robert Brownrigg. OA 1830.6-12.4. British Museum.
Depicted people Tara Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 8th century
date QS:P, 750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium bronze, gold and lost-wax casting Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 143 cm (56.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 44 cm (17.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048, 143U174728
dimensions QS:P2049, 44U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Accession number
1830,0612.4 (British Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Sri Lanka Edit this at Wikidata
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