Flying Apsaras (Hiten)

Title	Flying Apsaras (Hiten)
Date	late 11th to early 12th century
Medium	Japanese cypress with lacquer and gold
Classification	Sculpture
Origin	Japan

Themes: Celestial charts & astronomy

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“Flying Apsaras (Hiten)” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated late 11th to early 12th century. It is executed in japanese cypress with lacquer and gold and classified as sculpture. In this archive it sits within the celestial charts & astronomy tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

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