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Comparable examples:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A closely comparable Sui dynasty gilt bronze figure  published by Denise Patry Leidy and Donna Strahan, Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven, 2010, pl. 12. Both share the tight clasp of the willow in the right hand, the distinctive lateral sway towards the left hip, and a closely related treatment of the cascading robes.

The Art Institute of Chicago

A very similar example can be found in the Art Institute of Chicago (Ref. 1926.265). This figure shares the same 'thrice-bent' (tribhanga) pose, showing a graceful, curving movement of the body. The details are almost identical: the right hand is raised in a gentle gesture, while the left hand holds a vase of sacred nectar (amrta). The robes fall naturally in smooth folds toward a similar base, and the detailed jewelry further highlights the close stylistic connection between these two works.

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Avery Brundage Collection

See the closely related figure from the Avery Brundage Collection, now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated in Rene Yvon Lefevre d’Argencé (ed.), Chinese, Korean and Japanese Sculpture in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1974, pl. 67.

Fong Chow Collection, later Jane and Leopold Swergold Collection

A further related example, from the collection of Fong Chow (1923 to 2012), was sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2014, lot 2048, and later offered in Hong Kong, 12 October 2021, lot 3511, from the collection of Jane and Leopold Swergold.