Flying Apsaras Holding an Alms Bowl
534-550
Description
Flying divinity facing proper left with trailing scarves. In his right hand he holds a circular bowl; his left hand is raised at chin level, palm outward. Low sandstone relief from the ceiling of cave 2 (west panel) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
75.5 x 70.2 cm (29 3/4 x 27 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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