Need help identifying small figure

[2000lightyearsfromhome]

As the title indicates I’d really appreciate any help with the identification of this figure
There’s not too much I know about it other than it is made of ivory and is plated with 24k gold at the top and bottom , it has this markings on the back as well , I’m guessing it is of Chinese origin? Looks almost religious to me

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you

 

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[No gold in NY]

Greetings from NY.

We have a lot of knowledgeable members on here and it sure would help them if you posted a picture or two. Any marking on this piece?

Anyway, welcome to TreasureNet. Glad to have you aboard.

 

[islamoradamark]

A picture is worth a thousand words

 

[Goodyguy]

Never heard of ivory being gold plated. Could be gold leaf applied though.
There were literally hundreds of thousands of different ivory figurines carved for trade over the centuries, everything from gods, goddesses, and emperors, to peasants.

Most genuine vintage ivory figurines are very valuable!
Please post some photos.

GG~

 

[bowwinkles]

When You said "small figure" I thought you may be talking about my old girl friend she had a couple gold caps on her ivory's

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Feng Shui "laughing budda" figurine?

But an image sure would help.

 

[Yang Hao]

This is kind of a curious mystery now I would be interested to see what those markings on the back are. Assuming it's chinese, if the markings are a set of 4 or 8 characters it could be a chinese idiom known in chinese as a 成语 chengyu.

 

[cudamark]

Welcome to Tnet! Get us a photo posted whenever you can. I love your screen name......one of my favorite Stones songs!

 

[Mackaydon]

If you are having difficulty posting the pic, can you direct us to another site where the item is shown?
Don....

 

[GoldieLocks]

There are a lot of Ivory laws in the US. You may not wish to sell it, even owning it and not turning it over to authorities could be breaking the law.