Stone of the Month: 

July 2013 

Ying Stone from Guangdong Province

This attractive Ying Stone from the Yingde Mountains in Guangdong province is one of the classic stones of ancient China. It exhibits all of the criteria established by the famous calligrapher and stone connoisseur Mi Fu 900 years ago for evaluating stones. That is, it has channels ( lou ), holes ( tou ), thinness ( shou ), and wrinkles ( zhou ). This is a thin piece of heavily weathered limestone that measures 46 cm high, 22 cm wide, and only 9 cm deep.