Man with Brush and Lantern

Cleveland Museum of Art

Man with Brush and Lantern by artist unknown. Small figurine of a man with a smooth, bald head and facial features carved into the ivory. He wears a robe; the robe has a textured pattern carved into the fabric. The man squats on his heels. His right hand holds a brush with bristles at the top. His left hand holds a lantern with a handle below a roof; a loop hangs from the handle. Three small rectangular blocks lie on the ground in front of the man. The block on the left is smooth; the middle block is textured on top; the rightmost block depicts a wheel on one side. The background is dark at the top and light at the bottom.