Qing Dynasty, Ca. 1644-1912 AD . Stunning upright Chinese scholar stones (also known as Gong Shi, meditation stone and spirit rock) of significant mass and volume is gracefully balanced on the wood display stand. The dark stone, with the pronounced white veins and wrinkled surface texture. Selected by human, this stone features an extraordinary vertical mushroom form with a sky window on the top part. For a similar see The Metropolitan Museum. 2009.512.1a.bSize: L:720mm / W:750mm; 30+kgProvenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.