A FAMILLE ROSE FIGURE OF BUDAI WITH ‘ZHU MAOSHENG’ MARKPorcelain with polychrome enamels China, earlier 20th century The laughing God seated in royal ease, his right hand holding a rosary balanced on his raised right knee, his ample figure and full stomach visible amid the folds of his outer robe painted in famille rose enamels. The underside bears the impressed JIANGXI JINGZHEN ZHU MAOJI ZAO mark. Shape: Figural Weight: 2,096 gramsDimensions: 26.5 cm height Condition: excellent condition with minimal signs of age and abrasions Provenance: from a German private collectionAuction result comparison: for near identical Budai figurines see Christie’s, Interiors - Including Asian Works of Art, London, South Kensington, 9 September 2015, lot 559 or Bonhams, ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS, 18 Dez 2013, SAN FRANCISCO, Lot 6412. “朱茂記造”款粉彩布袋和尚粉彩陶瓷 中國, 二十世紀初 造型:人物造型 重量:2,096 克尺寸:高 26.5 厘米 品相:保存極好,機輕微年代痕跡與擦傷 來源:德國私人收藏