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Enshrined image of Green Tara, holding a blue lotus, making the gesture of granting boons, with two female attendants, one holding a vajra; the other, Mahakali, holding a flaying knife and skullcup (kapala).
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Title: Leaves from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
Artist:
Mahavihara Master
Period: Pala period
Date: early 12th century
Culture: India, Bengal or Bangladesh
Medium: Opaque watercolor, black carbon-based ink, and mineral- and vegetable-based pigments on palm leaf
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (7 x 41.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001
Object Number: 2001.445b
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