Featured Asian soapstone - anything?

The damaged places show at least a few decades of filth build up.

 

He looks a lot like me on a Friday night. On my recliner with my Duvet.

 

reclining Buddha.......very nice...

 

Looks much better carved than most that we see here.

 

@Any Jewelry - Buddha is calling you. Perhaps he wants you to peel him a grape.

 

How big is it?

 

About five inches the long way

 

He is very nicely carved, Terry, beautiful detail.

He'd have to ask someone else, I'm not a Buddhist. But I don't think he is either. At least not a Buddha, with that 5 o'clock shadow. Although he does have long earlobes. Maybe it is Bodhidharma, Pu Tai Ta Mo in China, the founder of Chan Buddhism. Chan became Zen in Japan, where he is called Daruma.

 

Zen vee should ask sumbody else !!

Terry...that's a sublime face of contentment !!!
What's the dark piece on the back of his collar......inlay ?...initials ???

 

It looked like a patch of a bad spot in the stone

or maybe it's a plug that conceals the gold

 

pry it loose....and see !!!

 

Looks a bit like a Japanese Hotei Buddha.

 

Reminds me of that slimy guy from Star Wars.

 

Is it plausible that there was a name chipped out there?

 

Could he be Hotei?

 

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Lot 128
A CHINESE SOAPSTONE CARVING OF A RECUMBENT BUDAI
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Price realised

GBP 8,750

Estimate

GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000
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A CHINESE SOAPSTONE CARVING OF A RECUMBENT BUDAI
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The figure smiles on his sleep, lying on his large florally incised sack
2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide, fitted wood stand

Provenance

The Montague Meyer Collection; Christie's London, 24 April 1980.

 

One can hope.....
anywhere you can take it to get it looked over by a museum...or gallery expert?

 

Could be, and the one in the link Terry posted is called Budai, which is the Chinese name for Hotei, which is Japanese. Hotei is often confused with Buddha, but he was a monk. Hoteis are even called big-bellied Buddhas, but there is no such thing, the Buddha was an ascetic.
When I still had an Asian Antiques shop someone used to come in every week asking if I had any big-bellied Buddhas. The whole confusion has made me a bit allergic to Hotei figurines. This one is an absolute gem, though.