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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, BIHAR, EASTERN GANGA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A blackstone stele of Tara
Northeastern India, Bihar, Eastern Ganga period, 11th century
Standing on a double-lotus base with the right hand lowered in varadamudra and her left hand holding a lotus, wearing a striated dhoti secured by a festooned belt, beaded jewelry including armbands and heavy earrings, the hair pulled into a high chignon and secured by a foliate tiara, flanked by worshippers and backed by a torana with a stupa and apsaras, a diminutive donor figure below
42 in. (106.7 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Bihar, Eastern Ganga period, 11th century
Standing on a double-lotus base with the right hand lowered in varadamudra and her left hand holding a lotus, wearing a striated dhoti secured by a festooned belt, beaded jewelry including armbands and heavy earrings, the hair pulled into a high chignon and secured by a foliate tiara, flanked by worshippers and backed by a torana with a stupa and apsaras, a diminutive donor figure below
42 in. (106.7 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 332, cat. no. 263
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983