By the craftsmanship, chair, and general style this is definitely Chinese (or Chinese-esque), though nothing stick out at me to identify them. He could be Buddhist god or trickster given the expression, maybe a famous or deified member of Chinese history, although I do not recognise this one in particular, I'm only familiar with the most famous. It could be some sculpted for ancestor reverence, though I doubt it.

Source, Lived in China for several years studying TCM which includes the study of Chinese arts and history.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Yeah, I don't have a lot of experience with Asian items, but I was assuming it was from somewhere in Asia, as it seemed Bodai or Buddha like, and that the chair looks shaped a bit like a Shinto gate. What got me was the evil grin, at least the angry expression threw me off as to if it could be a ruler or a god or a combination of two cultures or not.