- Title
- Image of winged-feathered human figure (4) ; Yu ren tu (4)
- early 20th. century?
- Rubbing of image depicting a winged-feathered human figure with 2 faces and claws in a trapezoid area.
- 19 x 27.5 cm
- No linguistic content
- rubbings
- Images
- wings
human figures
frame construction
apsarases
feathers
folklore
claws
mythology
human faces - Chinese
- Tang
- ink
paper
relief - Citation/references: Chinese sculpture, Osvald Sirén, 1925, v. 1, p. 16; v. 4, pl. 52. (for comparsion)
General note: Image is part of a set containing 7 celestial musicians probably from upper frame of a tripartite niche which usually is decorared with soaring apsaras. - Fine Arts Library, Special Collections, Harvard University
- W279150_URN-3:FHCL:546131
- Title
- Image of winged-feathered human figure (4) ; Yu ren tu (4)
- Date
- early 20th. century?
- Description
- Rubbing of image depicting a winged-feathered human figure with 2 faces and claws in a trapezoid area.
- Extent
- 19 x 27.5 cm
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Genre
- rubbings
- Digital Format
- Images
- Subjects
- wings
human figures
frame construction
apsarases
feathers
folklore
claws
mythology
human faces - Culture
- Chinese
- Style / Period
- Tang
- Materials / Techniques
- ink
paper
relief - Notes
- Citation/references: Chinese sculpture, Osvald Sirén, 1925, v. 1, p. 16; v. 4, pl. 52. (for comparsion)
General note: Image is part of a set containing 7 celestial musicians probably from upper frame of a tripartite niche which usually is decorared with soaring apsaras. - Repository
- Fine Arts Library, Special Collections, Harvard University
- Record ID
- W279150_URN-3:FHCL:546131
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