Flying Apsaras Holding a Bowl
534-550
Description
Flying divinity with trailing scarves holding a bowl in his right hand, flying toward left and looking back over his right shoulder. Low sandstone relief from the ceiling of cave 2 at Tianlongshan (north panel), Shanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 79 x W. 94.9 cm (31 1/8 x 37 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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