Harvard Art Museums > 1943.53.20: Flying Apsaras (Feitian) Holding a Drum Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Flying Apsaras (Feitian) Holding a Drum , 1943.53.20,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204440. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.53.20 Title Flying Apsaras (Feitian) Holding a Drum Other Titles Alternate Title: fei-t'ien Classification Sculpture Work Type relief, sculpture Date 534-550 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shanxi province, Tianlongshan Period Eastern Wei, 534-550 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204440 Physical Descriptions Medium Stone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province Dimensions max: H. 40 x W. 34 cm (15 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.53.20 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Flying divinity holding a drum, flying toward left and facing right. Purportedly from Tianlongshan, Shanxi province. Publication History Tianlongshan Caves Project, website, Center for the Art of East Asia, The University of Chicago, accessed April 7, 2021, https://tls.uchicago.edu/single-sculpture/168 Related Media 3D Model: Flying Apsaras (Feitian) Holding a Drum Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
