A small unglazed pottery Buddhist plaque China, Northern Qi Dynasty, 6th Century

molded with a votive image of Buddha seated wearing flowing robes flanked by standing bodhisattvas, one holding a citron and the other holding a vase, below two apsaras hovering above, all framed within the flames of a leaf-shaped mandorla pierced with two holes (stand)

See a related buff pottery standing figure of Avalokitesvara, with a dated dedicatory inscription in black ink dating the figure to AD 563, in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, included in the museum's Inaugural Exhibition, vol. 1, Bath, 1993, cat.no. 22.