Long life and laughing Buddhas

Both of these have stood on my bookshelf in my bedroom since I was a college student back in Beijing. That is a few lifetimes ago by now. I always thought they needed to go together because I would only want long life it was accompanied by laughter.

[Mags]

What a cute one!

[Francoise]

I like the way the blurrier one towers over the little laughing guy