Flying Celestial Figure, Khotan Kingdom, 6th–7th century, China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region), Stucco with color, 6 1/4 x 4 in. (15.9 x 10.2 cm), Sculpture, These winged celestial beings show remarkable connections to the Western classical tradition. From comparable examples we know that these male figures were represented as flying down from the heavens to attend a Buddhist divinity
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Flying Celestial Figure, Khotan Kingdom, 6th–7th century, China, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Stucco, color, 6 1/4 x 4, 15.9 10.2 cm, Sculpture, winged, celestial, beings, remarkable connections, Western classical, tradition, comparable examples, know, male figures, represented, flying down, heavens, attend, Buddhist divinity
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