Flying Apsaras (Feitian)
534-550
Description
Flying divinity, flying toward left and facing right. Purportedly from Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Dimensions
max: 40.5 x 32 cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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