Blanc de chine,Japan or China, 19th centuryDimensions: Height 18 cm / Wide 19 cm / Depth 14 cmWeight: 1170 gramsA charming china statue of Guanyin sitting peacefully on a lion with his left knee pulled to the chest. Guanyin is holding a lotus flower in his left hand, his face is friendly and calm with a faint smile and looking down. The hair are open and floating over his back and shoulders casually. The Chinese lion is lying comfortably but with a fierce face. The tail and mane look like small clouds. Guanyin mounted on a lion is also called "Shimhanada Avalokiteshvara" or "Guanyin of the lion's roar", referring to the intensity of the moment of enlightenment.