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A GROUP OF FIVE MINIATURE SCHOLAR'S ROCKS
Comprised of a rare white calcite Ying stone in the form of a blizzard-struck mountain peak; an unusual pale golden fossil of upright branching form, possibly a fossilized deer horn; a malachite stone with characteristic bubbled surface; one of deep grey petrified wood suggestive of a stepped sea cliff; and a grey, black, and russet streaked soapstone carving of a scholar in a streamside pavilion beneath rounded mountain peaks (not illustrated)
The largest stone 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high, four with wood stands (5)
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