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Tantric Temple Banner of a Dancing Goddess Flanked by Dakinis  1700

by Anonymous

This horizontal scroll ([i]bilampo[/i]) from Nepal features three dancing Buddhist deities framed within aureoles and interspersed with flowers. The white multi-armed goddess at the center is the largest and most powerful figure and is probably White Tara (the Savioress); she has a third eye and holds a lotus in each of her 18 hands. The goddess is flanked by two bird-head...
Size: 
124.5 × 231.1 cm (49 × 91 in.)
Medium: 
Pigment and black ink on cloth
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago