Identify Chinese/Japanese pottery figurine

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  1. Angelmouse19

    Angelmouse19 New Member

    2AFECD99-87BE-46A4-ACDA-5D1DEBCD8E05.jpeg 5AD93C85-4406-46E8-A86E-22D53901C988.jpeg Need help identifying these my figurine. Could someone point me in right direction, would love to know what the marks are. Thank you
     
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Welcome Angelmouse.
    Your figurine represents Daikokuten, the Japanese God of wealth.
     
    Any Jewelry, Feb 8, 2025
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    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    :playful:
     
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    Debora Well-Known Member

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    Thank you for your replies, so pleased you have identified it as the god of wealth, I have a pair of them and would love to know how I can identify the imprinted marks, had a look online but so many any haven’t found them yet
     
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  8. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    I have cleaned it up some, but can't find a match.

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    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I will tag @916Bulldogs123 for you, he knows a lot about Japanese marks.
     
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  10. Angelmouse19

    Angelmouse19 New Member

    Thank you for that x
     
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  11. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    First character seems to be 'good', so possibly just 'good wealth'
     
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  12. 916Bulldogs123

    916Bulldogs123 Well-Known Member

    It is Chinese calligraphy. Reads "good presence "
    I think this little guy is a Chinese mudman.
    Mikey
     
    916Bulldogs123, Feb 9, 2025
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  13. Angelmouse19

    Angelmouse19 New Member

    Thanks for your help everyone, nice to know more about my little men, so glad I found this forum.
     
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    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    If so, he was probably made for the Japanese market. But don't mudmen have an open base?
     
    Any Jewelry, Feb 9, 2025
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