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White Tara
White Tara is one of the most popular female Tantric deities and is associated with compassion, long life, and healing. She is said to be as white and radiant as the moon, and is usually depicted holding a lotus flower. In China she became known as Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy.
Subject
- SculptureGodLotus flowerSeatedBuddhistReligiousIconGold
Type of item
- Photography
- Photography genre
Medium
- Gilt bronze
Subject
- SculptureGodLotus flowerSeatedBuddhistReligiousIconGold
Type of item
- Photography
- Photography genre
Medium
- Gilt bronze
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- Bequest of Alan Flacks, Monte Carlo
Creation date
- 1400/1499
- 1400/1499
Places
- Tibet
Identifier
- 202607
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/photography/ProvidedCHO/The Israel Museum, Jerusalem/202607
Extent
- H: 13 cm
Providing country
- Israel
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2021-03-09T17:33:36.317Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-03-18T09:14:12.615Z