Japanese Lucky Charm Beckoning Cat Fat Maneki Neko Money Coin Bank Figurine

This Lucky Maneki Neko Cat Charm Figurine is made of designer ceramic, hand painted and polished individually. The money bank has a slot on the top part of the head of the cat and money can be retrieved from the bottom through the rubber stopper seal.
This Lucky Maneki Neko Cat Charm Money Bank Figurine measures 7.25″Tall 7.75″Wide and 7″Deep approximately. It weighs about 2.5 pounds.
The maneki-neko is a common Japanese figurine often believed to bring good luck to the owner. It is also translated as “beckoning cat”. The figurine depicts a cat (traditionally a calico Japanese Bobtail) beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed-often at the entrance-of shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses. It makes perfect sense to offer Maneki Neko Cat in the form of a money bank; To accumulate wealth and good fortune!
Maneki neko beckoning cats can be found with either left or right paw raised and sometimes with both hands raised in a “banzai” pose. Originally maneki neko had their left hands raised as Japanese traditionally drank from sake cups with their left hands and poured it with their right hands. To be called a left-hander or “lefty” was to be acknowledged as a drinker and socialite. Thus left hand raised has the meaning of beckoning friends and welcoming good fortune, happiness and harmony.