H. 11,5 cm Condition A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, CHINA, SUI DYNASTY, dated 20 August 581. Standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus base, his right hand holding the flywhisk, the left supporting a bowl, wearing dhoti, scarf, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression, his hair combed in a chignon and the reverse with short inscription that the bronze was made on 20 August in the first year of the Kaihuang period-Property from a South German private collection, bought from Sotheby's London, 14.5.2008, Lot 646-Minor wear, slightly chipped