Ying Stone

February 7th, 2008

Scholar's Rock - Ying Stone Place of origin:
Yingde County, Guangdong Province, and Guangxi Province

Mineral composition:
Limestone (calcite)

Tradionally produced in Yingde, Guangdong province and in Guanxi province, these rocks are limestone with calcite deposits. less hard than Lingbi, they are often full of furrows with twisted lines on intricately textured surfaces. Notable for their diverse shaped, they appear to embody a thousand hills and valleys, and so are well-suited for representing a far distant landscape. Their typical thin, wrinkled appearance often exhibits traces of sawing and cutting with distinguishable front and reverse sides. The best known example is called ‘Winkling Cloud Peak’ in Hangzhou’s West lake, China.

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1. Mohu Black Ying Stone | S&hellip | November 5th, 2008 at 11:31 pm

[...] gray, but these are not commonly seen. Like Taihu stones, Mohu stones are not as hard as Lingbi and Ying [...]
2. Laoshan Green Stone | Spi&hellip | November 5th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

[...] stones resemble erupting springs, have gullies on them and, when used as ornaments, closely matched Ying stones and Lingbi stones in elegance; small stones, on the other hand, are like yanshan [ink mountain [...]

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