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ID: 700008408 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008408 | Record Type: Movable Work |
The Buddhist Goddess Shyama Tara (Green Tara) Attended by Sita Tara (White Tara) and Bhrikuti (casting (object genre); unknown Indian sculptor, ca. 800; ca. 800) | |
Note: This is said to be the most complex Buddhist bronze surviving from ancient India. | |
Titles: |
The Buddhist Goddess Shyama Tara (Green Tara) Attended by Sita Tara (White Tara) and Bhrikuti (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U) |
A Buddhist Altarpiece (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
casting (object genre) [300014622] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by material or technique>) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: ca. 800 |
unknown Indian sculptor, ca. 800 [preferred,VP] |
creator unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241] |
Locations: |
Discovery: Sirpur [7031921] Chhattīsgarh (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: M.84.32.1a-d |
Display Materials: bronze inlaid with silver and copper |
bronze (metal) [300010957] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy) |
silver (metal) [300011029] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>) |
copper (metal) [300011020] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>) |
Dimensions: 15 x 10 1/8 x 7 in. (38.1 x 25.71 x 17.78 cm) |
(preferred) |
Indian |
religion and mythology (preferred) |
human figures |
altarpiece [300075940] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works) (AAT) |
Tara [901001903] | |
.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Shyama Tara [901000869] | |
.....((Buddhist allegory, symbolism, theme, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Buddhism [300073738] | |
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religions (belief systems| cultures)) (AAT) |
Provenance: From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase. |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
The Buddhist Goddess Shyama Tara (Green Tara) Attended by Sita Tara (White Tara) and Bhrikuti | ........ [VP] |
........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002) | |
A Buddhist Altarpiece | ........ [VP] |
........ Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988) | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988) | |
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