Chinese Fossil Bamboo on Hardwood Base

Leaves everywhere, overlapping in every direction, and not one of them will rustle.

This fossil bamboo on hardwood base comes from Hunan Province, China. It is fossilized crystal. Stones with leaf-like crystal patterns are popularly called fossil bamboo in China and are collected in the scholar's rock tradition, though the patterns are generally mineral rather than plant in origin. The tall, rounded slab is polished to show dense sprays of pale gold and cream crystals against dark gray. The pattern reads like a grove of bamboo leaves seen from above. It stands in a fitted dark wood base with low feet. It is 18.5 inches wide and 33.5 high.

A bamboo grove that will never need watering.