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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4290573, member: 2844&quot;]Beautiful, Peggy.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Perfect, tranquil face, and perfectly elegant too.</p><p>Yes, it is a reclining Guanyin (older spelling Kwan Yin), holding a ruyi scepter. A ruyi scepter grants wishes, so it is a useful thing to have.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The serpent looking things are actually flowing (and floating) silk ribbons, a sign of a heavenly being.</p><p>The material looks like stained ivory, and I suspect it may not be of the right age.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Could we see the bottom of the wooden stand?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruyi scepter:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectionapi.metmuseum.org%2Fapi%2Fcollection%2Fv1%2Fiiif%2F40703%2F157569%2Fmain-image&amp;sp=1629108200T78345277726e33ddc1c04e55ce327b48aee417d0b258a93c3f9e2b832349f51c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40703" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40703" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40703</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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