Chinese Scholar's Rock

A stone with a hole in it, bending like a wave that decided to wait.

This scholar's rock comes from Guangxi, China, in Huoshan stone and hard wood. Scholars' rocks are traditionally valued in China for being thin, pierced, wrinkled and lively in outline, and are generally displayed on a carved wooden stand. This pale grey stone curves upward and arcs sideways in an open loop, its surface pitted and ridged. It sits on a dark, lobed base with four rounded feet. It is 4 inches wide and 8 high.

A small mountain, held in the hand and also in thought.