The Buddhist Goddess Bhrikuti

9th century

7.5 cm 20.7 cm 7 cm

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Adorning female deities with the garments and jewelry of royalty, sculptors endowed them with a beauty and dignity that reflected the ideals of the court. Like Tara, Bhrikuti is an attendant to Avalokiteshvara, embodiment of compassion, and she helps the advanced student of me...

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Mrs. William Siedenburg, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2001, by gift.
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en
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