https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/71846/fullHotei, one of the Seven Deities of Good Fortune17th century[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@14dcc]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@14dccCarved ivoryHotei probably the most popular of the Seven Deities of Good Fortune. He is a jovial tramp, or mendicant, who loves to play with children and carries all his effects and children's gifts in a bag which here forms a base, as many as the netsuke of these folk gods also serve the household shrine, hence the flat base.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@6bhttps://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/9498/rdf