
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dancing Apsaras
- Date
- 900s
- Medium
- dry lacquer
- Culture
- China, late Tang dynasty (618–907) to Five dynasties (907–960)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The sculpture was made from a rare technique involving alternate layers of cloth and lacquer, modeled on an armature or around a removable clay core.
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