Title: Flying Apsaras (Hiten)
Object type: Plaques
Date: late 11th to early 12th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Medium: Japanese cypress with lacquer and gold
Dimensions: a: Diam. 21 in. (53.3 cm)
b: Diam. 21 in. (53.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas