File:Daoist altar from plum.jpg

Summary
Illustration (closeup) 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 slightly larger detail of altar & ritual can be found here: Image:Daoist ritual from plum.jpg