Green Tara
1700
Physical Qualities
Gilt metal alloy, 16.3 cm. OH
Credit Line
Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number
1942.70.721
Green Tara sits in her characteristic position with her right leg pendant with the foot supported by a small lotus; her right hand rests on her knee, in the boon-granting gesture, white her left is held in the "three-refuge" gesture (symbolic of the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha). there is a blue lotus on her left shoulder, and another over her right.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 1942; Goodnow Collection, Baltimore; probably acquired by Elizabeth Goodnow in China, c. 1912-1913
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "The Devotional Art of Tibet," May 14, 2007-January 20, 2008.
Markings: Dedication plate: ornate double vajra with yin-yang at center.
