From Our Recent Japanese Acquisition Travels- Unique & Beautiful, Indoor or Garden Candidate

This is a stunningly beautiful example of a large 19 inch wide old Asian rare red color viewing stone or scholar rock in mountain shape form – formed by nature from a hard solid dark red stone ready for your garden or special indoor display gallery space.

Dimensions: 7 inches tall and 19 inches wide

These stones are known as viewing stones or scholar rocks, sometimes called spirit stones because of their sleek composition which evoke mountainous ranges and spiritual layers.

A beautiful example that is naturally occurring and the first we have seen.

Only one available

Provenance: Our specimen comes from an old Nagoya Japanese private garden collection. Please see below for more historical information about these fascinating works of art.

Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity: All of our Asian works of art come with our Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee.

About Suiseki and Gongshi Scholar and Viewing stones :

Suiseki (sui = water and seki= stone) is the Japanese name for naturally formed stones that have the power and beauty to suggest a scene from nature or object closely associated with nature. They are also known as “Viewing Stones’ and Scholar Stones”. Large scale stones may be found in Japanese gardens.

Gongshi are Chinese scholar’s rocks- are naturally occurring or shaped rocks which are traditionally appreciated by Chinese scholars. and found in chinese gardens.
Scholars’ rocks can be any color, and contrasting colors are not uncommon. The size of the stone can also be quite varied: scholars’ rocks can weigh either hundreds of pounds or less than one pound.

Our gallery has been dealing in authentic Japanese , Chinese, and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our 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.

Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity. All our Asian works of art are accompanied by our lifetime guarantee of authenticity. We are members of the North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA) specializing for ten years now in old and authentic Japanese stone garden ornaments