Seed Grinding Mortar Beside the Mill Canal

A huge mortar sits on a pink round base at the middle of the picture. Its bowl is blue-teal with a pale green rim and carved flowers and birds, and it is filled with oval seeds in pink, lilac, orange, and cream. A yellow pestle with a pink end and a teal cap leans in the bowl, with flowers and pink trumpet blooms at its top. Tiny workers carry baskets along the rim, climb a ladder, and sort herbs on a tray. A small wooden shed sits among the seeds. Around the base, a ring of canal carries boats past millstones, a red water wheel, market awnings, sacks, and trays of dried seeds. The tiled ground and canal rings break the picture into tidy sections.