Apsara: Did you mean...?

Dancing celestial attendant (apsara). From India (Uttar Pradesh). Early 12th century CE. Sandstone. H. 331/2 in. (85.1 cm) Promised Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving (L 1993.88.2) Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

Dancing apsara, Preah Khan, Angkor.

This lovely apsara comes from the city of My Son in what now present-day Vietnam. It was created while the region was ruled by the kingdom of Champa. It is made of sandstone and dates from the 10th century CE. (Museum Rietberg...

In the Vedas, the apsaras are water nymphs, often married to the gandharvas. By the time the Puranas and the two epics were composed, the apsaras and gandharvas had become performing artists to the gods; the apsaras are singers...

Some of the most evocative murals were created on the walls of the Ajanta Caves (Maharashtra, India) between 2nd century BCE and 6th century CE. The expressive face, playfulness of light and shade and presence of lustrous...