17th century AD or later. A pair of thin painted wooden panels comprising: a panel with a heavenly musician playing a stringed instrument held behind her head, wearing sheer green trousers and ribbons entwined around the body and curling beneath the musician; a panel with a heavenly being or apsara, female spirit of clouds and water, descending amongst the clouds and holding an offering tray with six lotus buds or incense cones, dressed in sheer trousers and floating colourful ribbons. 1.1 kg total, 55-55.5cm (21 3/4"). Acquired for the ‘Buckingham Collection’ by the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert; the collection formed from the early 1960s to early 1970s; accompanied by a copy of two Nik Douglas's illustrated cataloguing pages.[2, No Reserve]