Shrine Relief Fragment Depicting Ashtamahabhaya Tara, the Buddhist Sav

A carved wooden shrine panel shows a crowned, standing female deity with one hand raised, set within a pointed arched niche. Small figures and scenes fill the flanking panels, and a row of seated figures runs along the base.

Look closer: Small seated figures run along the lower border beneath the main deity.

Artist

Unknown

Date

10th–11th century

Medium

Wood

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2248 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections, 1994