Plaque Item Number: N1.588 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

A vertically rectangular plaque of a polychrome garden scene consisting of mountains, trees, and water with men and children reading and writing scrolls. The main scene is in the middle of a gated garden which has a bridge over water off to the side at a bottom corner where a child ? is crossing. Another child ? is near a cooking fire. The table at the front has one man writing on a scroll while another is holding a candle, and a child is holding the scroll at the other end. The table at the back has one man sitting with his arms leaning across the table, another man leaning over a chair as he is reading a scroll that he is holding up, another man sitting leaning over the table as he is reading a scroll, and another man writing on a scroll with another man holding up an object behind him, beside which, there is a child holding a candle. In the background, there is a tree in front of a building, behind which, there is a waterfall through rocks, and beside which, there is a temple-like building in the mist among tree blossoms.