Excavated from Hotan in western China, these relief sculptures depict a celestial being or bodhisattva being reborn from a lotus flower, a common motif of paintings and sculptures depicting the Pure Land. Small sculptures with this form, which were probably hung on the wall as decoration, have been found in relatively large quantities, indicating that they were likely mass-produced with a mold. They were originally painted, as some traces of color can still be seen on the surface. The multi-layered lotus flower is depicted from an overhead perspective, while the bodhisattva looks straight ahead. This use of two different perspectives effectively captures the characteristic features of both the flower and the figure.