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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 389519, member: 2844&quot;]Yep, Johnny is absolutely right, it is Guanyin.</p><p>Guanyin is the Chinese version of Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha aspect of compassion. In China Avalokiteshvara (male) was equated with a local pre-Buddhist female deity with a similar meaning.</p><p>Because of this mix Guanyin always looks androgynous.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Guanyin is depicted with a fish.</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/20180807_160824-jpg.135021/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It is the son of the powerful Dragon King, who was caught by a fisherman after he had shape-shifted into a fish. On dry land he could not shift back into dragon shape, so he was about to be sold when Guanyin intervened and recued the dragon prince.</p><p>As a reward the Dragon King gave Guanyin the Pearl of Light, which shines forever.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thrift find is indeed a beauty. My age guesstimate would be mid 20th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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