Flying Apsaras Holding an Alms Bowl
534-550
Description
Flying divinity facing proper right with trailing scarves, holding a bowl in his right hand above his head. Low sandstone relief from the ceiling of cave 2 (east panel) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
77 x 74.9 cm (30 5/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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