A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF GUANYIN, SIGNED, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, modeled in a standing position and wearing an elaborate chignon hairstyle above a smiling serene expression and wearing a gold beaded necklace centered by a blue ground cape and celestial billowing robes of blossoming foliage enclosing her elegant removable hands with one holding the down turned vase of compassion, raised on an incorporated lotus petal stand, reversing to underside with two miniature plaques of incised character marks. NOTE: A comparable Guanyin sold Gorringes, Lewes, United Kingdom, December 7, 2011, lot 753. Height: 20 1/2"