Celestial Figure (Apsara) Artist: Unknown

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11th–12th century

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art
Medium

Sandstone

Dimensions

with base: 59 in. (149.86 cm)
25 1/2 × 14 × 11 1/2 in. (64.77 × 35.56 × 29.21 cm)
base: 33 × 15 × 13 in. (83.82 × 38.1 × 33.02 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Linda and Philip Scheffler

Accession Number

2018.53.1

Geography

Vietnam

Culture

Vietnamese

Period

Champa Kingdom (ca. 500–ca. 1500)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased in Vietnam in the early 60s by Philip Scheffler, New York; inherited in 2016 by wife Linda Scheffler; gifted in 2017 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

mythology, religious art

Subject

apsaras crowns ornaments spirits (beings)

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