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Flying Apsaras Playing a Lute (Pipa)

Flying Apsaras Playing a Lute (Pipa)

Chinese

Flying divinity holding a lute (pipa), flying toward left and facing right. Purportedly from Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.

Stone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Eastern Wei, 534-550

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