China Natural Mountain Landscape Stone "Painting"

An extraordinary Natural Landscape work, one of a kind. Custom framed. This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of cloud bands under a breath taking moon light reflectio could remind us of a similar and unique evening experience in our lives. Just look into the dark sky some starry night! The powerful and colorful depiction is executed in natural dark green- almost black, cream and yellow (limonite mineral) colors. This is called a dream stone Shih-hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone. This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve. This thin marble stone painting is approximately 1/4" thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors. Its weight is surprisingly modest- easily hung with standard hardware. Dimensions: Frame: 24 inches high and 41.75 inches wide. Site: 15 inches x 33 inches Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China. History of dream stone paintings: Moonlight...

Chinese "Wavy" Mountains Stone Marble Painting Landscape Screen With Original Black wood Display Stand Signed lower right. Impressive work of art with original wooden display stan...

Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind. Custom framed This Chinese extraordinary round natural stone painting of a possible mountain fishing stream could remind us of a unique experience and view in our lives. The powerful and colorful depiction is executed in natural white, light blue and iron rich red colors. This is called a dream stone Shih-Hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble...

Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind. Custom framed, This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a portal view of detailed sea of red and blue waves could remind u...

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