Vintage Jade-Style Laughing Buddha Resin Statue — Feng Shui Good Fortune — Field Find

+ THE FIND

A jade-style Laughing Buddha resin statue — cool green tone, cheerful Budai, the color that places him in a tradition thousands of years old. A small figure with a large presence. Found in excellent condition.

+ WHAT WE KNOW

• Subject: Laughing Buddha (Budai)
• Material: Resin
• Finish: Jade-style — cool green tone
• Tradition: Chinese culture — jade as stone of heaven, good fortune, protection
• Type: Decorative statue / feng shui collectible
• Condition: Excellent — no damage noted
• Weight: [WEIGHT]
• Dimensions: [DIMENSIONS]

+ THE STORY

Jade has been associated with good fortune, protection, and spiritual power in Chinese culture for thousands of years — the stone of heaven, carved into everything from burial suits to belt hooks to the small figures people kept close for luck. The green of jade carries that history, which is why the jade-style finish on this Laughing Buddha reads as more than decorative. Budai himself — the wandering monk who laughs because he has understood something the rest of us are still working on — arrives here in cheerful resin with the cool green tone that places him in that long tradition.

+ WHY WE CHOSE IT

Because a jade-style Laughing Buddha that participates in a tradition thousands of years old is a more considered object than a generic decorative figure. Because the green of jade carries history. Because some small figures have a large presence, and this is one of them.

+ ABOUT THIS PIECE

One available. No damage noted. A strong piece for a collection, a meditation space, a feng shui arrangement, or any home that could use a little more of whatever it is he’s laughing about.