Lot 186.  A gilt-bronze figure of eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Height 33 cm, 13 in. Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP. Lot sold 81,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

cast with eight arms and eleven heads arranged in four tiers and surmounted by Amitabha, standing on a double-lotus base, the principle hands held in anjali mudra, the others fanned out and holding respective attributes, adorned with beaded jewellery and clad in a long scarf with ends flowing down to the feet and a dhoti detailed with incised floral borders.