SculptureChinese6th century

Flying Apsaras Playing a Lute (Pipa)

534-550

Description

Flying divinity holding a lute (pipa), flying toward left and facing right. Purportedly from Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Stone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Culture

Chinese

Period

Eastern Wei, 534-550

Century

6th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

max: H. 37 x W. 35 cm (14 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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