A gilt lacquered wood figure of Guanyin riding a Makara China, 17th Century

the feminine deity dressed in loose robes falling in agitated folds leaving the chest bare, her hands set before the body inverting a slender ovoid bottle, her face with long stylised eyes and slim mouth set in compassionate expression, the high topknot wrapped by a short veil, standing upon a separate base carved as a makara dragon-fish, its large flattened head rising out of turbulent waters ringed by rocks