• Dimension: Height: 5 1/2 in (14.0 cm) Length: 6 in (15.2 cm) Width: 4 3/4 in (12.1 cm)
• Estimate From: $2800
• Estimate To: $4500

The budai is shown seated with right knee raised and right hand holding a rosary bead necklace, wearing loose robe falling in elegant folds exposing his chest and belly, bold head and face with joyful expression, with five boys clambering and playing on his body, all supported on a reticulated soapstone stand, the back inscribed with two character Shang Jun inscription. Qing Dynasty period.

彌勒佛以壽山石圓雕而成，呈坐姿，呈色金黃，面頰豐滿、碩耳垂肩，唇薄微啟笑意盈盈，袒胸露腹，身著直領寬袖衣，神態和藹慈祥，其左手持佛珠置於膝上，衣紋線條纖細如絲，自然流暢。五子嬉戲其身，寓意美好，又有“五子登科”之意。整體造型比例準確，人物神態各異，神情生動。