Artwork Details

Title
Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears
Dimensions
47 3/8 x 26 3/4 x 5/8 in. (120.3 x 67.9 x 1.6 cm)
Medium
Pigments on cloth
Origin
Central Tibet
Classification(s)
paintings scroll painting
Date
19th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin
Object number
C2006.66.389
HAR Number
832
Published references
* Glenn H. Mullin and Jeff Watt. Female Buddhas: Women of Enlightenment in Tibetan Mystical Art. (Santa Fe, New Mexico: Clear Light Publishers, 2003). Pp. 54, 82-83.* Van Alphen, J. Collection Highlights: Rubin Museum of Art. (New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2014). Pp. 248-249

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