Flying Apsaras Offering an Alms Bowl
534-550
Description
Flying divinity facing proper right with trailing scarves and holding a bowl in both hands. Low sandstone relief from the ceiling of cave 3 (south panel) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
80.5 x 77.9 cm (31 11/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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