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

Work Types:

casting (object genre) [300014622] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 800

Creator Display:

unknown Indian sculptor, ca. 800 [preferred,VP]

creator unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241]

Locations:

Discovery: Sirpur [7031921] (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)

Cultures:

(preferred)

Indian

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	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)