Description: A vanitas or memento mori still life painting with an old skull sitting on top of a large red book with gold pages. To the left of it are two small green bamboo plants in small ceramic vases. One vase is white with an asian style painting of bamboo and chinese letters. The other vase is green and has a small turtle on the side. Both sit on top of a rock which is on top of a red cloth. In the background is a Japanese screen painting of bamboo with birds.