China, Republic (1912-1949) Polychrome enamelled porcelain statuette depicting Budai seated, smiling, his robe open over his round belly, holding a rosary on his raised knee, and in the other hand his large bag, five young children having climbed on him, a stamp embossed under the biscuit base: "Jiangxi Jing(de?)zhen Zhu Yishun 江西 景(德)鎮 朱義順". H. 25 cm