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New Scholars’ Rocks in the Galleries - Winter 2010 & Holiday Specials

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30+ New Scholar Rocks in Galleries (16 in Holiday Special)

Add comment March 14th, 2010

AsiaStore Sale Event: Scholars’ Rocks - Asia Society, New York, NY

meng-stone-asia-store-sale-2010Scholars’ Rocks Exhibition and Sale at New York Asia Society
Friday-Thursday, Mar 19th- 25th, 2010
11:00am - 6:00pm

AsiaStore presents a newly acquired collection from Kemin Hu. Experience the power of scholars’ rocks or “spirit stones” — cherished by the Chinese for generations and gaining appreciation in the West. Autographed copies of Hu’s books are available for purchase at AsiaStore. Members enjoy a 10% discount.

AsiaStore, located at Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue (70th St), NYC and on-line at AsiaStore.org

Add comment March 14th, 2010

Scholar’s Rocks Study Workshop

The 2nd Scholars’ Rocks Study Workshop was held in Newton, MA on October 2009.

Below, the participants were split into two teams to identify the most number of stones on the table. Kemin then explains why some stones are not what they appear to be.

workshop

Add comment March 14th, 2010

Announcement - Dr. Thomas S. Elias

After sixteen years as Director of U.S. National Arboretum, Dr. Thomas S. Elias retired at the end of 2009. His new book about Japanese and Chinese Chrysanthemum Stones will be publish in the Fall of this year.

chrysanthemum-book

Add comment March 13th, 2010

Announcement - Congratulations Willi!

Willi BenzWilli Benz received a National Decoration Award from the Federal Republic of Germany. The award is to recognize his exceptional merits in the field of Bonsai and Stone Collection. This is truly a great honor to him and his wife Gudrun.

Willi and Gudrun will be visiting Boston in June, 2009. Congratulations Willi!

Add comment April 10th, 2009

AsiaStore Special Sale Event: Scholars’ Rock - Asia Society, New York, NY

Click to enlargeScholars' Rocks from the Collection of Kemin Hu<br> Tuesday-Sunday, Mar 10th- 15th,2009<br> 11:00am - 6:00pm<br> Personal Appearance by Kemin Hu,<br> Mar 10th-12th, 1:00-4:00pm

Experience the power of scholars’ rocks or “spirit stones”- cherished by the Chinese for generations and gaining appreciation in the West. AsiaStore delights in presenting a newly acquired collection from Kemin Hu. Autographed copies of Kemin Hu’s books, Spirit of Gongshi, Scholars’ Rocks in Ancient China and Modern Chinese Scholars’ Rocks: A Guide for Collectors, are available for purchase.

AsiaStore, located at Asia Society and Museum, 70th & Park NYC and on-line at AsiaStore.org

Add comment March 12th, 2009

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