While no closely related example appears to have been published, this piece shares similarities with a number of bronze votive figures from the early Tang dynasty: a bronze figure of Buddha seated with crossed legs exhibiting similar facial and physical traits, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was included in the Museum's exhibition The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom, Taipei, 1987, cat. no. 80, together with a related figure of a bodhisattva, cat. no. 79; a bronze seated bodhisattva that displays a similar rendering of the flames on the mandorla, is illustrated in Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan, Kondo Butsu [Gilt Bronze Sculptures], Tokyo, 2004, pl. 27. Compare also two figures attributed to the Sui dynasty, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the Museum's exhibition The Casting of Religion. A Special Exhibition of Mr Peng Kai-dong's Donation, Taipei, 2004, cat. nos 122 and 123, the latter cast with a similarly draped robe.

It is interesting to note that figures of this type are often depicted standing on rectangular platforms with shaped cartouches. These simulate raised wooden platforms that were commonly used in the period. A wooden go game board featuring similar cartouches and attributed to the Tang dynasty, was excavated in Turpan, Xinjiang, and illustrated Tianshan gudao dongxi feng [Ancient roads of Mount Tianshan. The meeting of East and West], Beijing, 2002, pl. 206.