Kwan Yin: Goddess of Mercy, Friend of Mankind

from child I surround by this goddess status. take it for granted, not try to understand  meaning of why she is with different things in her hand.  also at the antique fair we fell in love with a KwanYin from Japan. after return home I and my husband discuss if we should own her. after research and debating, we decide to contact the dealer and went to seller private home and get it.
when she's in front of me I observer she sit with a scroll in her hand, I believe it is a symbol for some thing. internet is been used to research regarding meaning of this Kwan yin.
In western Kuan Yin is known mostly to art connoisseurs, but in the Far East, notably in Japan, Korea, Tibet, and China, Kwan yin is the beloved personification of compassion.
Kuan Yin's beneficence being suggested by the various objects she holds in her hands:
influent from Tibet Kuan Yin with a thousand arms with which to scatter blessings

in one, a vase of amrita, the dew of immortality;

in the other, a spray of willow branches with which to sprinkle her inexhaustible compassion upon her devotees.

Sometimes she carries a scroll or book, symbol of truth; or the wish-fulfilling jewel, emblem of the attaining of holy aspirations.

 

my own Kwan yin from Japan

When a child plays on her lap, or children at her feet, they symbolize not only newborn and/or spiritual life, but also Mother Nature whose mysterious powers continually produce, sustain, destroy, and renew life throughout the universe.

Her hands placed in her lap suggest meditation; when held palm to palm, not quite touching, reverence for all beings; when fingers point downward, the flowing forth of blessings is indicated; and when the right hand rests on the left, palms upward, this signifies control over evil spirits. But regardless of ornamentation, symbolism, or pose, the very presence of her likeness touches the heart.
info source: By Eloise Hart (http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/asia/as-elo.htm )