Flying Apsaras Holding an Alms Bowl
534-550
Description
Flying divinity facing proper left with trailing scarves. In his right hand he holds a bowl extended rearward above his head; his left hand points forward at chin level. Low sandstone relief from the ceiling of cave 3 (west panel) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
91.4 x 81.1 cm (36 x 31 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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