It is depicted as an earthenware pot having eyes, nose, and mouth, and according to Sekien's explanatory note, it was a pot with happiness so to speak, for even if water is drawn from the pot, the water never exhausted.
甕が目鼻と口を備えたような姿で描かれており、石燕の解説文によれば、瓶の水を汲んでも決して水が尽きることのない、いわば幸せの入った瓶とされている。