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Twenty-One Emanations of the Goddess Tara

14th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 253
The enthroned Tara grants boons to devotees. She is surrounded by emanations displaying essentially the same iconography. In worship, each Tara is visualized as the bearer of different boons— the bringer of prosperity, the dispeller of sorrow, the destroyer of attachments. Below is a monk meditating on this visualization of White Tara and her emanations.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Twenty-One Emanations of the Goddess Tara
  • Date: 14th century
  • Culture: Tibet
  • Medium: Stone with polychrome
  • Dimensions: H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.500.4.19
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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