Ornamental Rock
By the 10th century, small ornamental rocks such as this example were collected and displayed in the scholar’s study. Such rocks were seen as embodiments of the transformational processes of nature and also admired for their resemblance to the magical peaks and paradise caves...
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Artifact
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6740
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Shanghai Botanical Gardens, Shanghai, China; Mr. Richard Rosenblum, Newton Center, Massachusetts, 1984 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1998, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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5
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