Bodhisattva Guanyin of the Southern Seas

Wood, Song Dynasty, 13th Century, China. San Diego Museum of Art.

Guanyin is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female.
The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World".