This quality bronze sculpture is  delicately handmade showing  intricate detail. Buddha is often depicted as having the appearance of a fat bald man wearing a robeand wearing or otherwise carrying prayer beads. He carries his few possessions in a cloth sack being poor but content. His figure appears throughout Chinese culture as a representation of contentment. His image graces many temples, restaurants, amulets, and businesses. Buddha means "one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment" and there are several people who have been given the title.