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The Stone Exhibition at BCI 2015 in Guangzhou
A Judge’s Point of View

Text and photos by Lindsay Bebb, Australia

he viewing Stone Exhibition at the BCI Convention
Guangzhou in September occupied several rooms and
was about half stones from Guangdong Province and
the others from other regions of China. I was asked
Tto judge the exhibition for BCI and select the three
best stones to receive Medallions and Certificates. This is usually
a good job in China because of the great variety and quality of
stones in most exhibitions and this one was no different.
Guangdong is not as rich in Viewing Stones as say, Guangxi, but
it does have a very large variety, including the historically famous
Ying Stones, a local variety of Yellow Wax Stones and an extremely
interesting group of Chrysanthemum Stones. There was a good
variety of these and other stones on exhibit.
I was also very pleased to learn about one stone type that I had
not heard of before. I have one in my private collection but did not
know what it was, namely a Guangzhou Touch Stone. I awarded
one of this type First Prize in the Awards and it is shown at the top
left of the facing page. I awarded second place to a very interest-
ing Laibin Stone from Guangxi as shown below. I found this to
Top left and right; Guangzhou has a very large variety of stones, including the
historically famous Ying Stones, a local variety of Yellow Wax Stones, shown on facing be one of those stones that absorb you… the more you look at it,
page, and an extremely interesting group of Chrysanthemum Stones, shown at the the more you get immersed in its detailed character, as opposed
end of this article. to the smooth, calming character of the Guangzhou Touch Stone.
Facing page, top left; First Prize in the Awards. I hope I get to see this stone again one day.
Facing page, top center; Second place went to a very interesting Laibin Stone from Third place went to a group of miniature Ying Stones arranged
Guangxi for its detailed character. Photo by Gudrun Benz, Germany. on a circular stand. Unfortunately these were displayed in a glass
Facing page, top right ; Third place went to a group of miniature Ying Stones arranged case (understandable) making it difficult to photograph. The de-
on a circular stand. tail in this arrangement was spectacular, right down to the wood
Larger photos of the stones awarded the BCI Excellence Award are on page 15.
bases.

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