Buddhist Goddess Tara

Arts of Asia

15th century

Nepal

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Buddhist Goddess Tara
Place: Nepal
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1401–1500
Medium: Wood with traces of polychrome
Dimensions: 153.5 × 33.6 × 23.5 cm (60 3/8 × 13 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 1998.747
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Pratapaditya Pal with contributions by Stephen Little, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (The Art Institute of Chicago in association with Thames and Hudson, 1997), 206 (ill.), 334, cat. 272.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Aug. 2–Oct. 26, 1997.

Most likely sold to Mr. James W. Alsdorf (died 1990), Chicago, Ill., by Spink and Son, London, United Kingdom, March 28, 1980; Loaned long-term to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mrs. James W. Alsdorf (née Marilynn Bruder), Chicago, Ill., June 18, 1997; Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago by Mrs. James W. Alsdorf (née Marilynn Bruder), Chicago, Ill., December 30, 1998.

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