Statue of Tara
Sri Lankan sculpture of Bodhisattva Tara in the British Museum / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Statue of Tara is a gilt-bronze sculpture of Tara that dates from the 7th-8th century AD in Sri Lanka. Some argue it was looted from the last King of Kandy when the British annexed Kandy in the early nineteenth century, it was given to the British Museum in 1830 by the former British Governor of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known), Robert Brownrigg.[1]
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Statue of Tara | |
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Material | Gilded Bronze |
Size | 143cm high (4'8") |
Created | 7th-8th century AD |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Identification | 1830,0612.4 |
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