A gilt-copper and champlevé enamel figure of Magu


18th/19th centuryStanding on a pink lotus pedestal, the face with pensive expression beneath a chignon bun, adorned with heavy robes in blue, yellow, green and red enamel, decorated with auspicious bats, wispy ruyi-head clouds, and lotus, on her back is a flower basket. 18cm (7in) high
|The flower-basket depicted on the figure's back is often associated either with the Daoist figure Magu, or that of Lan Caihe.