STATUETTE OF BUDAI in light beige soapstone, represented sitting in rajalilasana, the happy face, dressed in a long dress engraved with stylized clouds enhanced with gilding revealing his prominent belly, the end of his canvas bag in his left hand. Apocryphal Yuxuan mark on the back of the figure.
China, late 19th-early 20th centuries.
A STEATITE FIGURE, CHINA, APOCRYPHAL YUXUAN MARK, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
HEIGHT. 5.7 CM (2 1/4 IN.)