Portable Shrine with Green Tara
Gold and silver
Portable Shrine with Green Tara
CHINA
This Tibetan ga’u (portable shrine) is shaped like an ogee arch. It is 21.3 cm high, 16.6 cm wide, and 9 cm deep. An image of Green Tara is enshrined within the niche, which is bordered with pearls and openwork in the form of dragons and vines. There is a garuda at the top of the openwork, and the bottom features a Dharma wheel flanked by two deer and two lions. There is an image of Sakyamuni Buddha above the niche and an image of Mahadevi below. At the sides of the niche, there are rubies, sapphires, and eight heavenly beings making offerings. Silver loops on each side of the shrine allow it to be suspended.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 229.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Portable Shrine with Green Tara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 229.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Portable Shrine with Green Tara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:229.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Portable Shrine with Green Tara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 229).
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