A Market Hall Above the Lake

A two-storey market hall stands on a wooden pier over a lake dotted with lily pads, with hills in the distance. Upstairs, a costume room shows embroidered robes on stands, as a woman checks a list beside woven sashes. In the middle, a man rings a hand bell and a boy plays a pipe under hanging bells and a drawn heron. At right, four men sit at a round table over papers beneath a map of Lake Vey, boat models and wooden plaques. Downstairs on the left, an apothecary weighs red spice at a counter of small drawers and jars, with a painted river valley behind. In the middle, a weaver and a child fold striped cloths among baskets and rugs. The last room is a mask workshop where two people paint masks, including a white fox. Different floors and walls define each room as a unit.