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MINIATURE SCHOLAR ROCK ON CLASSIC JIANGNAN HONGMU STAND browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art: Pre 1950: item # 607163 Please refer to our stock # r-2 when inquiring.
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| A MINIATURE SCHOLAR’S ROCK or gongshi. A wonderful and naturally formed scholar’s rock with a variegated but overall waxy white color. This is a superior miniature with all the desirable traits of larger scholar’s rocks, elegant and bordering between the abstract and the figural. The tiny “spirit stone” has been fitted to a small and finely carved formal stand with four tiny raised feet and fashioned from one piece of dense Asian hardwood of a light variety of Asian hardwood known as hongmu. The traditional and formal style pedestal style known as “Jiangnan” is typified by the series of small irregular raised bumps around its base, the historic origins of which are uncertain. The rock is fully detachable and has fortunately not been glued to the stand. We suggest a tiny dab of adhesive wax for security. Additional photographs will be emailed to you on request. Dimensions & Weight of this Rock (with stand): Of natural irregular shape with considerable variation in height, width and thickness. The stone with stand measures approximately 5-1/8” (13 cm) high at its attenuated tip x 3-3/4” (9.5cm) wide greatly narrowing at the base; the tiny wooden pedestal is approx. 2-1/2” (6.5cm) wide. The rock and pedestal weigh 9.2 ounces (261 grams). Notes: Chinese Scholar’s Rocks: The traditions surrounding Chinese scholars’ rocks and tray landscapes (gongshi and penjing) share a common heritage with Japanese suiseki rock collecting and a loose association with bonsai, and while the Japanese suiseki tradition is probably better known to Westerners, the Chinese tradition is perhaps more stylistically diverse and has stimulated much interest in the West, especially since the major exhibit of the late Richard Rosenblum’s collection at the Sackler and other major museums and the publication of an associated catalog Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars’ Rocks by Robert D. Mowry (ISBN 0-916724-92-1) in the mid-1990. See also: The Spirit of Gongshi: Chinese Scholar’s Rocks; by Kemin Hu with essays by Ian Wilson, Richard Rosenblum, C.C. Wang, and Hu Zhaokang (ISBN 1-878529-51-X) Miniature Scholar’s Rocks: While scholar’s rocks are by their very nature generally miniatures in the sense of being scaled-down figural or landscapes small enough to mount on stands and display indoors on table or shelf, the term “miniature scholar’s rock” here refers to a further miniaturization in the long-established Chinese tradition of creating miniature versions of recognizable objects. Its charm as a miniature lies in the instant recognition by connoisseurs of a familiar type of mounted scholar’s studio rock, further reduced in size but with the original proportions of the stand and stone intact and conveying the full sense of landscape or fantasy conveyed by much larger scholar’s rocks. Miniature scholar’s rocks are enjoyed for the ease with which they can be rearranged in conjunction with other miniature stones, scholar objects and bonsai. They are particularly effective in groupings or tablescapes. Copyright 2006 by Robert McCaffrey for RuyiStudio San Francisco. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. | ||
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