It is rare to find gilt-wood decorative objects of this period still extant. For a Northern Qi rendition of an apsara with its scarves billowing in the wind, see the bronze example of slightly smaller size from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Mayer, New York, included in Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, Catalogue no. 263, and later sold in these rooms June 24-25, 1974, lot 139. Apsaras were also used as a decorative motif in wall frescoes and carved in stone, such as the more ornate examples with billowing, scrolling scarves of early Tang date carved into the Triad Niche, Northern Cliff, Bazhkong, and illustrated by Angela Howard, "Tang Buddhist Sculpture of Sichuan: Unknown and Forgotten", B.M.F.E.A., No. 60, 1988, pl. 68-69, p. 121