Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva bronze, partially fire-gilt. Eight-armed, eleven-headed depiction of the Bodhisattva of Compassion in a standing posture on a goblet-shaped bronze lotus base on an oval wooden plinth with floral gold decoration. Figure adorned with headdress, earrings and coloured gemstones. Marble; missing attributes. Total height 60 cm. Provenance: from the Michahelles Collection, Hamburg, which has grown over generations. A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze figure with eight arms and eleven heads on two pedestals. Rubbed, missing attributes. China. Circa 1900.