Lot 3059. A Gilt-Bronze Figure of Avalokitesvara, Mark and Period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 16.3 cm., 6 3/8  in. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,080,000 HKD (195,815 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

well cast and portrayed seated in vajraparyankasana, the serene face with a downcast gaze and a meditative expression, flanked by long pendulous earlobes adorned with wheel-shaped earrings, the hair neatly arranged into two top-knots terminating with a miniature head of Amitabha Buddha, all behind a five-leaf crown atop his head, dressed in a patterned shawl and dhoti with the chest bare and adorned with a bejewelled necklace and a small ox head over his left shoulder, two hands held at the front in namaskara and another two at the back held outwards in harina, all four wrists ornamented with beaded bangles, all supported on a double lotus pedestal with beaded edges and inscribed Da Qing Yongzheng nian jing zao.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2014