The divinity is standing against a high mandorla and rests on a base in the form of a lotus flower on a rectangular foundation. He is wearing Buddhist scarves; his right hand, raised, is holding a lotus while his left hand, lowered, carries a container. Breaking from the ethereal lines of Buddhist sculpture from the end of the Northern Wei dynasty, with their ample robes and sharp lines, this bodhisattva presents all the characteristics of the style of the next dynasty – the Eastern Wei – that evolved toward more flexible, softer contours. On the back, there is an inscription: “The seventeenth day of the fifth month in the fourth year of the reign of Wuding of the Wei dynasty, by the command of Wang Zhong of the Dong Guang district, his brother Zi Liren respectfully sculpted this marble statue for the relatives of the emperor for seven generations.”