SITTING HOTEI, C/24 Burner gargoyles also occasionally like to

gargoyles also occasionally like to read

75" x H: 13"

Modified to function as a box

heart-leaved clovers feature in these metallic drop earrings

this mask is one of the most famous and well-known

SITTING HOTEI, C/24 Burner gargoyles also occasionally like toHis real name is Budai or Pudai Monk which means "Cloth Sack," and comes from the bag that he is conventionally depicted as carrying. He is usually identified with or seen as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, so much so that the Budai image is one of the main forms in which Maitreya is depicted in China. He is almost always shown smiling or laughing, hence his nickname in Chinese, the Laughing (Happy) Buddha. Budai in folklore is admired