Plaque Item Number: 2848/43 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Rectangular wooden plaque mounted on two small pieces of wood painted red. The plaque displays a painted scene depicting a male and female elder each holding a child. The female is wearing a green shirt and a pink skirt and green earrings. Her hair is grey and worn in a bun with green chopsticks. The baby she holds is wearing red. The elder male is wearing a long red robe and a black hat with a red feather? sticking out of the top. He has white eyebrows and a scraggly white beard. The baby he is holding is wearing green. They both stand on red platforms. They stand beneath a traditional Chinese canopy and a banner with Chinese characters. Below them is another banner with Chinese characters. On either side of them are two grey pots containting flowers with human faces. Below them is a body of water with an animal in a yellow row boat. The back of the plaque is painted red and has the number 200 written in black.