China - Charms，CHINA: AE charm, CCC-1802, 46mm, Liu Hai shown on the right waving a string of coins at the Three-Legged Toad below // facing portrait of Liu Hai, graded 85 by GBCA Grading Company, XF. It is possible that this is actually a portrait of the "Laughing Buddha," known as budai in Chinese and Hotei in Japanese. Budai was a Zen Buddhist monk who lived in China during the Liang Dynasty (502-557 AD) and is always shown smiling and laughing with a large pot belly symbolizing happiness, good luck and abundance. Likely cast in the Qing dynasty.
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