Possible yin yang scholar stone. Someone wants to know if this could be valuable.

[truckdriverdude]

I have never heard of a yin yang scholar stone but someone I know found this and is convinced it is a valuable scholar stone in rough form. I'm looking for opinions if anyone is familiar in this field. Thanks and here are some pictures.

 

[DDancer]

Never heard of scholar stones but if your friend likes it I'd say let'em have it. The value of a stone is only what the person who holds it or wants it to be. Maybe you or they will enjoy it for meditation.

 

[JLeonhardy]

Learn something new every day on these interwebs..... From Wiki

History[edit]
In the Tang dynasty, a set of four important qualities for the rocks were recognized. They are: thinness (shou), openness (tou), perforations (lou), and wrinkling (zhou).[1]

Chinese scholar's rocks influenced the development of Korean suseok and Japanese suiseki.[3]


Aesthetics[edit]
The aesthetics of a scholar's rock is based on subtleties of color, shape, markings, surface, and sound. Prized qualities include:

awkward or overhanging asymmetry[7]
resonance or ringing when struck[7]
representation or resemblance to mountainous landscapes or figure[7][8]
texture[7]
moistness or glossy surface[7]

Chinese scholar's rocks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[DDancer]

huhh. Well count me edumecated

 

[JLeonhardy]

Yeah, me too, DD. Based on that definition, I don't think you scholar stones in "rough form". It either is or it ain't.

 

[PamDF]

lol I'm from China and never head of yin and yang scholar stones?

Okay I clicked on the wiki page and see that is what we call "miniature mountain stone" or "stone that look like mountains" (jia shan shi)... these as shown in wiki pages are used to decorate courtyards with trees, they can be a few meters tall to less than 1m.

and actually the Chinese for "scholar stones" (wen shi) refers to aragonite,

 

[DDancer]

Huhh That is an interesting perspective Pam.

I'm inclined to simply think of such stones as the one shown as Picture Rocks Now I know there are definite ideas about what is considered a picture rock but I apply the term to any stone that resembles something to the viewer. Pretty much any picture rock can be a scholars stone provided it helps one concentrate and pick out the thoughts of the viewer.

 

[PamDF]

I think they were used to resemble mountains in ancient times because travelling was so much hassle lol, takes a month on carriages and donkeys to get to places where today only cost couple hours of flight ^ ^