Flying Apsaras Holding a 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 2 (south panel) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 74.3 x W. 64.2 cm (29 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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