Flying apsaras playing a lute (pipa)

Unknown (Chinese)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
534-550
Height:
37.0 cm  (14 9/16 in.)
Width:
35.0 cm  (13 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
stone with traces of polychromy
Place of creation:
Taiyuan (Shanxi, Zhongguo)
School:
Eastern Wei

Description

Description from museum website:
Flying divinity holding a lute (pipa), flying toward left and facing right. Purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

Iconclass

12HH13(...)
representations ~ goddesses, demi-goddesses, heroines etc. (APSARAS) (Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pipa [3413]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5700