File:Daoist ritual from plum.jpg

Summary
Illustration of Taoist ritual from c. 1700 edition of the Chinese novel The Plum in the Golden Vase. Scanned from Taoism and the Arts of China by Stephen Little. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago. 2000. Page 192).

According to Little, the scene shown is of a ritual for the dead.

A detail of the altar is available at Image:Daoist altar from plum.jpg.