Netsuke of a Man Holding a Small Bottle in One Hand and Drinking from a Cup

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sculpture depicts a bald man with a mustache sitting cross-legged on the ground. The man has a large head, thick eyebrows, and a large nose. He holds a small bottle in his right hand and a cup in his left hand. The man has a large belly. The bottle is large and gray with darker gray swirls. A circular wooden object lies on the ground next to the man. The man and bottle are made from brown material, likely wood. The background is white with a shadow cast by the sculpture.