A polychromed wood figure of Tara


Nepal, 17th/18th centuryHimalayan Art Resources item no.61829 18in (45.8cm) high
|Compare the large lotus petals with alternating colors and the goddess' soft and rounded form to a 17th-century wood figure of Lakshmi in the Rubin Museum of Art (see Vajracharya, Nepalese Seasons: Rain and Ritual, pp.149-50, no.46). ExhibitedUniversity of RochesterProvenancePrivate Florida Collection, acquired in Nepal, 1967