AN EXQUISITE (LARGE) CHINESE LAUGHING BUDDHA (BUDAI) IN A TRADITIONAL RED LACQUERED FINISH

THIS FANTASTIC CHINESE "LAUGHING BUDDHA" (BUDAI) IS IN A TRADITIONAL RED LACQUERED FINISH AND MEASURES 18cm LONG x 12cm WIDE x 21cm HIGH. THE BUDDHA IS IN STUNNING CONDITION AND HAS NO VISIBLE CHIPS OR CRACKS IN THE FIGURINE. THIS FABULOUS LARGE LAUGHING BUDDHA FIGURINE WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME ADDITION TO ANY ORIENTAL THEMED APARTMENT.  PLEASE VIEW THE PICS CAREFULLY TO FULLY APPRECIATE THIS AWESOME CHINESE LAUGHING BUDDHA AND TO CONFIRM THE CONDITION.

FROM THE INTERNET "Budai or Pu-Tai is a Chinese folkloric deity. His name 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 Buddha. In the West, the image of Budai is often mistaken for Gautama Buddha, and is hence called the Fat Buddha."