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Feitian Apsaras (flying celestial figure)


唐天龍山浮雕飛天
Chinese
Tang dynasty
7th century A.D.
Object Place: Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China

Medium/Technique Sandstone
Dimensions 40.8 x 41.5 cm (16 1/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Archibald Cary Coolidge Fund
Accession Number39.533
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

ProvenanceSaid to come from the caves at Tianlongshan, Taiyuan, Shangxi province, China. 1939, sold by Yamanaka and Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1939)