A white dish sits on a blue-green tabletop, holding five pieces of citrus fruit arranged in a loose cluster. The plate itself is painted with swift, pale strokes that suggest a subtle play of light and shadow across its rim and base. The background is a wall rendered in a dense network of diagonal and vertical lines, shifting from brown and ochre tones at the top to blue and violet near the tabletop, creating a sense of depth and texture.

The brushwork throughout is visible and lively, with short, directional marks especially prominent in the wall and the fruit's textured skins. The composition is tightly focused, with the dish and fruit filling most of the canvas and the tabletop cropped at the lower edge. Cool blues and greens dominate the lower half of the painting, while the upper half is warmed by earthy browns and yellows, heightening the contrast between foreground and background.

The painting’s surface reveals areas of exposed canvas and thinly applied paint, especially in the background, where the weave of the fabric shows through the strokes. There are no secondary figures or objects present; only the dish and fruit are depicted. The upper left corner of the painting features darker, crosshatched lines, intensifying the shadowed effect of the background.

The right edge of the dish is cropped by the edge of the canvas, with only a sliver of the plate visible against the tabletop. Light falls from the upper left, casting pale highlights on the tops of the fruit and the upper rim of the plate. The citrus fruits display subtle variations in color, with some areas of green and orange blending into the yellows.

The paint is applied in thin, almost transparent layers in the blue-green tabletop, allowing the underpainting to show through. The contours of the fruit are defined by curved, parallel brushstrokes that follow their forms. The wall in the background features a grid-like overlay of vertical and diagonal lines in blue, brown, and ochre, giving a woven texture to the surface. The scene belongs to the tradition of still life, focusing attention on everyday objects and their arrangement.