Chinese Riverbank Gongshi

Chinese riverbank gongshi, a polished, umber viewing stone with orange, green, gray and dark umber highlights, with various complex striations evoking a desert landscape. A vertical honorific in tiny kaishu script is finely carved on the right edge of the stone (see pic #7, enlarged). The Chinese, traditional, hongmu stand is included. Circa Republic of China era.

stone: 7.5″ high x 5.5″ wide x 2.25″ deep

stand: .875″ high x 6″ wide x 2.5″ deep