A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF STANDING GUANYIN

The graceful, slightly swayed stance and style of the clothing and adornment seen on this figure are typical of the depiction of bodhisattvas during the Sui-early Tang period. Two comparable figures are illustrated by Jin Shen in Hai wai ji Gang Yai cang li dai fo xiang: zhen ping ji nian tu jian (Catalogue of Treasures of Buddhist Sculpture in Overseas Collections Including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Shanxi, 2007, p. 479. See, also, the comparable gilt-bronze bodhisattva dated to the Sui dynasty sold in Treasures of the Noble Path: Early Buddhist Art from Japanese Collections; Christie’s New York, 14 September 2017, lot 817.