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 3 (north panel) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 76.3 x W. 69.2 cm (30 1/16 x 27 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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