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Wrathful Eight-armed and Three-faced Goddess Tara Marichi, Leaf from a dispersed Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman with eight arms and three faces. She wears a blue top and has a gold necklace and earrings. Her skin is yellow with red dots. She holds various objects in her hands. Her three faces have different expressions. She stands on a white surface with one leg bent and the other extended. There is a red flame-like shape behind her. The background is blue with a gold border. There are two columns of black text on either side of the image on a brown background. The text is written in a non-Latin script. The image appears to be a painting on a piece of aged paper or fabric.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1090
Medium
Opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Culture
India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
Dimensions
599 × 343 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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