Figure of Guanyin (Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara 觀音 अवलोकितेश्वर)
from Ming Dynasty China
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, a minor male deity from India
gradually transformed into Guanyin, the Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy.
This figure depicts him/her in an uni-sex form in the middle of this transformation.