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Facing page, Bottom left;
Ancient Chinese scholar’s rock.
Place of origin: China,
measurements: 33 cm w x 17
cm d x 46 cm h
Facing page, Bottom right;
Chinese scholar’s rock, Lingbi
stone. Place of origin: Anhui,
China, measurements: 19 cm
w x 13 cm d x 50 cm h

This page:
Top left; “Toward Heaven”, Ying
stone on a table like stand
in Jiangnan style. Place of
origin: Guangdong, China,
measurements: 27 cm w x 13
cm d x 40 cm h
Top right; “Caves of the Lovable
Spirits”, Ying stone with many
grooves and fissures, table-like,
long legged pedestal. Place
of origin: Guangdong, China,
measurements: 30 cm w x 10
cm d x 36 cm h
Middle left; “Graceful Beauty”,
Lingbi stone. Place of origin:
Anhui, China, measurements:
13 cm w x 9 cm d x 32.5 cm h
Middle right; “Fu-Shi” (hero
of Chinese culture), Zibo
Wen stone. Place of origin:
Shangdong province, China,
measurements: 16 cm w x 10
cm d x 25 cm h
Bottom; Chinese scholar’s rock,
Lingbi stone. Place of origin:
Anhui, China, measurements:
52 cm w x 20 cm d x 46 cm h

It was on occasion of this event that Willi and Gu-
drun Benz donated 19 Chinese scholar’s rocks and
Japanese Suiseki to the museum. This donation clos-
es a gap in the museum’s collection. Scholar’s rocks
and Suiseki are part of Chinese and Japanese culture,
which have as yet, attracted hardly any attention in
the west. Stone appreciation dates back more than a
thousand years in China. Rare, unusual shaped rocks
were appreciated by the upper class, high officials and
literati. Big stones were used in garden architecture —
smaller sizes indoors, mounted on wooden stands or
displayed in bronze or ceramic containers. The latter
are called scholar’s rocks, spirit rocks or gongshi. It

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