Flying Apsaras Holding a Lotus Bud and an Alms Bowl
534-550
Description
Flying divinity facing proper right with trailing scarves. In his right hand he holds a bowl above his head; his left hand holds a lotus bud at waist level. Low sandstone relief from the ceiling of cave 3 (east panel) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
90.5 x 79.2 cm (35 5/8 x 31 3/16 in.) 403 lb.
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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