A GREY YING SCHOLAR'S ROCK

Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

Length: 21.5cm

The horizontally inclined limestone rock is balanced around a central cavity. The stone is medium grey in tone with lighter veining and inclusions running throughout and rests on top of a shallow wooden base.

SIMILAR EXAMPLE
A ying limestone of similar composition from the Ian and Susan Wilson collection is published in Spirit Stones of China 怪石, 1999, Catalogue No. 17

清代　灰英石山子