Chinese? Happy seated Buddha with stamp to base

I purchased this from a second hand store.

I think it has some age and it has a stamp to the base. I presumed Chinese?
I have had a good look online and found nothing similar.

Any help on age/use / origin is much appreciated. Thank you

 

Have you looked for Laughing Buddha?

 

or happy buddha...

 

Yes searched for both as well as sitting and money, fortune etc.

 

This is Hotei, known as the laughing Budda, complete with his bag of the good things in life.

 

Yes, it is Hotei or Budai. Hotei was a monk who loved the good life, he is not the Buddha.
The Buddha was ascetic, and is never depicted as a fat person.

 

IIRC. it is said that if you rub his belly it will bring you good luck.

 

I have an ivory one.....but haven't given him a belly rub in a while...
maybe it's time !

 

Well if it works Komo, just remember where you heard it!
I accept cheques, cash, bank transfer bit coins etc. etc.etc.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai

 

Thanks for replies.

If anyone can identify mark to base being Chinese or Japanese? also age?

Any information appreciated

 

Perhaps if you can darken the mark a bit with coloured chalk or something similar, we may be able to see it better perhaps?

 

I don't know the mark, but it is bound to be from Shiwan, China, and late 20th century. It is the Shiwan style.

 

I might be wrong, I believe the mark is "Shiwan, An Ju". From the Shiwan Wares 1979 Exhibition Catalogue.

https://imgur.com/a/jtXCv4e

I did find in another Shiwan ware book (Gathering of the Earthly Gods, Shiwan wares from the Collections of the International Shiwan Ceramics Association) that he sculpted Shiwan pottery during late Qing Dynasty. So if I am correct about the mark, I think it is safe to date this 1890 to 1911