This Chinese extraordinary natural stone marble painting of a mountain backdrop fronted by a peaceful body of water, is both unique and remarkable.

Called a dream stone Shih-hua it was cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone.

Handsome custom hard wood frame

This particular dream stone is special- it is considered a master work of fine natural detail. We have had it framed in a handsome hardwood tabletop arts and crafts style frame without glass.

It is from our private collection and is one of the finest we have encountered originally coming from a Chinese private collection we accessed many years ago.

Dimensions: frame: 14 inches high and 26 inches wide
site: 6 inches high and 14.5 inches wide

Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.

Catalog reference: Schneible Fine Arts: Dreaming of Dream Stones China’s
Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings (photo)

History of Shih-hua:

This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve.
This thin marble stone painting is approximately 1/4 inch; thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible natural patterns in soft white and dark green colors.

Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. All our Asian works of art are accompanied by our lifetime guarantee of authenticity.

Our gallery based in Shelburne, Vermont USA has been dealing in authentic Japanese , Chinese, and Fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. The president personally travels to China, Japan and Europe each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.