The figure wears sumptuous jewels, embellished with looped strands of pearls, beads and pendants. Around the neck hangs an ornamental collar, inlaid with pearls or beads. Three larger jewels are suspend underneath, the largest has a chain from which a monster mask is suspended. A long ornamental chain yingluo瓔珞;, hangs over both shoulders and around the legs and back. It is gathered at the waist with a large ornament in the shape of a skull at the front and a flaming pearl at the back. A richly decorated sash, which hangs from the waist down between the legs, is divided by rows of pearls into seven panels with Buddhist motifs in relief.

Sculptures of bodhisattvas wearing extraordinary jewellery, epitomize stylistic and iconographic innovations in Chinese sculpture from the Northern Qi period. It is possible that the abundance of jewels this bodhisattva is wearing, refers to a passage in the Lotus Sutra in which the historical Buddha Shakyamuni and another bodhisattva praise Avalokiteshvara’s great compassion, presenting him with a pearl necklace as a symbol of his benevolence.