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Goddess Green Tara Seated with Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)

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Date: 16th century
Medium: Gilt copper alloy
Culture: Nepal
Department: Arts of Asia
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 144734

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Credit line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Provenance: Possibly with Spink & Son, London; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, Mar. 28, 1980 [invoice from Spink & Son, Mar. 28, 1980; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Aug. 9, 1996; promised as a gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2010]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 19, 2014.

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