Carved Variegated Stone Group of Celestial Musicians
Name/Title
Carved Variegated Stone Group of Celestial MusiciansEntry/Object ID
SC0205Description
Stone carving of what appears to be floating female musicians in a densely populated celestial or auspicious musical assembly comprising numerous robed figures playing or carrying musical instruments. Multiple figures appear engaged in a coordinated performance, including musicians associated with percussion and other instruments. The imagery is consistent with a Chinese representation of celestial or immortal musicians, provisionally described as a “Celestial OrchestraType of Sculpture
Free StandingCategory
Chinese carved stone
Made/Created
Artist
Maker presently unidentifiedTime Period
20th CenturyEthnography
Cultural Region
Continent
AsiaCulture/Tribe
Chinese