Budai 布袋, M.C. 3818(2)

Type(s) of object(s): beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, sculpture, ceramics, china name(s): statuette, religious object materials and techniques: stoneware, casting, slip, glaze = covered place(s) of execution/realization: china dimensions - artwork: height: 17. 4cm width: 15. 8cm depth: 10. 3cm description: maitreya seated on a hexagonal pedestal. A rosary in the left hand, wearing a black cap. Mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: cernuschi, henri date of acquisition: 1896 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 3818. Date: Unknown.