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Fantastic Natural Stone Scholar Rock Viewing Stone Looks like Real Meat
Located in South Burlington, VT
Here is an authentic example of a Chinese food stone (Shiwu) which imitates a real slice of meat.
Each piece is actually a found stone that resembles a thick cut of beef or pork. ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Fantastic Natural Red Meat Stone Scholar Rock Viewing Stone Real Thing
Located in South Burlington, VT
Here is an authentic example of a Chinese food stone (Shiwu) which imitates a real slice of meat.
Each piece is actually a found stone that resembles a thick cut of beef or pork. ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Chinese White Scholar Stone from Taihu Lake on Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant Taihu scholar rock balanced on a custom wood stand, in a mushroom cloud form and full of
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar s Objects
Materials
Stone
Antique Chinese Scholars Stone, Rock of Contemplation, Early 20th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Antique Chinese sculptural 'scholars stone' on a fitted wood Stand, early 20th century
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Japanese Antique Scholar
s Stone/Rock-Like Scenery/Appreciation "Setagawa"Stone
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
surface has fine spots like a fruit pear.
This stone is a metamorphic rock, originally sandstone that
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Scholar s Objects
Materials
Stone
An Tall Taihu Scholar Stone (Gongshi)
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and evocative Chinese scholar stone or rock (gongshi) of Taihu stone. A smaller version
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Scholar s Objects
Chinese Rock Crystal Seal, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This small rock crystal carving is a personalized seal once used by a Qing-dynasty scholar-official
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Chinese Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle with Woven Exterior, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
snuff bottle is carved from rock crystal to a teardrop shape and enclosed in a delicate bamboo weave
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Peter Lane Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of ceramic lamps with metal oxide patination
from “Scholar’s Rock” series.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
$14,500
Japanese “Spirit Stone” on Rosewood Base
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese “Spirit Stone” on Rosewood Base
Also known as a "scholars rock" Fuji Shaped mountain
Category
20th Century Japanese Sculptures
Chinese Meditation Stone in Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Keywords: Stone, meditation, scholars', rock, sculpture, statue
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures
Chinese Meditation Stone in Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Keywords: Stone, sculpture, statue, China, Chinese, scholars rock
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
Meditation Stone in Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Keywords: Ston, sculpture, statue, China, Chinese, scholars rock
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
Chinese Meditation Stone on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Keywords: Stone, sculpture, statue, Chinese, China, scholars rock
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
Blanc de Chine Figure of Guan Yin
Located in Chicago, IL
", standing on top of a scholars' rock. Marked "Hsu Yu Yi"
Pagoda Red Collection #: BTC019
Keywords
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Statues
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Delft Blue and White Chargers
Located in Katonah, NY
a pierced scholar's rock. The borders are decorated with flowers in panels. The outer edges are
Category
Antique 1780s Dutch Rococo Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft, Faience
19th Century Chinese Silk Painting with Cat
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese silk painting in the Ming manner, depicting a striped cat atop a scholars
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Ink
Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Baluster Form Vases Made into Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese cloisonne enamel baluster form vases, now mounted as table lamps, scholar's rock
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Incredible Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
by a wide light indigo border. A large chrysanthemum shrub grows out of a scholars rock in the center
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Seguso Viro Murano Glass Bowl on Base
Located in Astoria, NY
a base in the form of a Chinese Scholar's rock, signed "Seguso Viro / Murano" to underside
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Beautiful Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
asymmetrical multicolored flowering tree peony growing from the base of a scholar's rock with a phoenix and
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
birds perched amongst the branches, and a phoenix on a scholar's rock holding a dragon kite in its beak
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
$6,950
Gorgeous Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
border. A scholar's rock appears at the bottom, with a single branch with multiple species of flowers
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
"Autumn Offerings" 19th Century Chinese Painted Trunk
Located in Chicago, IL
Painting depicts autumn offerings, including chrysanthemums, scholars' rock, ruyi scepter (for
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Brass
Flight Barr Barr Worcester, Chinoiserie Decorated Dishes
By Flight, Barr
Barr Worcester
Located in Katonah, NY
his garden, around him are the traditional scholar's rock and a flowering tree in which a longtailed
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Provincial Chinese Wheel Disc, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
of sculpture, reminiscent of a scholars' rock or ancient stone bi disc.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Mounted Objects
Materials
Elm
Brilliant Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
peony lives in one corner with a chrysanthemum bush and scholar's rock in the other.
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
A Set of Six Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue and White Porcelain Dishes
Located in Katonah, NY
songbirds in a garden filled with peonies and a pierced scholar's rock. The wide border is decorated with
Category
Antique 1770s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Big Red Natural Mountain Shape Scholar Viewing Stone, Spirit Rock Beauty
Located in South Burlington, VT
or scholar rock in mountain shape form - formed by nature from a hard solid dark red stone ready for
Category
20th Century Indonesian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Gilt Yi Tong Vases
Located in Chicago, IL
censers, books, vases, and a scholars' rock. Outlined with gold paint for a gilded finish, the pair of
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Large Flight Barr Barr Worcester "Mandarin" Pattern Platter
Located in Katonah, NY
interpretation of Chinese life. A scholar stands in his garden. Around him are the traditional scholar's rock and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Dahua Meditation Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
Set upon its side, we display this dahua stone like a traditional scholars' rock. Meditating on the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Bamboo Leaf Meditation Stone Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A well-chosen stone is a focal point of the traditional Chinese scholar's studio - evoking the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Monumental Root Table
Located in Chicago, IL
associations that was widespread amongst a cultured group of Chinese artists and literati. Like a scholar
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
$9,800
Chinese Camphor Display Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
textured surface of peaks and valleys along the growth rings. Like a scholar's rock, the small pedestal
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Pedestals
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Charger with a Sacred Deer at the Garden Fence
Located in Katonah, NY
typically shown in pairs often near a pine tree seen here on the right. In the foreground a blue scholar
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Golden Pheasant Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
of happiness and longevity, and a pheasant stands perched upon a scholars' rock, an emblem of beauty
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Iron Bound Cart Wheel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
silhouette reminiscent of an ancient stone bi disc or scholars' rock.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Provincial Chinese Farm Cart Wheel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
becomes an abstract sculpture, its striking silhouette reminiscent of an ancient stone bi disc or scholars
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Pair Cloisonne General
s Vases Blue Peonies
Located in Somis, CA
vibrant enamels, each vase features a blooming blue peony and bud rising gracefully behind a scholar
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Chinese Zhenzhu Meditation Stone Table
Located in Chicago, IL
within the scholars' studio as a calligraphy surface or scholars' rock.
This fantastic zhenzhu slab
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Coffee and Cocktail...
Materials
Stone
Pair of Barr, Flight, Barr Worcester Squares
By Royal Worcester
Located in Katonah, NY
export porcelains; the view into a garden, the garden fence, the scholar's rock, and the flowering tree.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
"Heavenly Grotto" Chinese Lingbi Stone Shrine
Located in Chicago, IL
Tucked within cloud-like contours of a lingbi scholar's rock, a petite bronze Buddha evokes a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Natural Specimens
Materials
Limestone, Steel, Bronze
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl Antique
Located in Katonah, NY
traditional scene showing a scholar's garden with peonies and a pierced scholar's rock. The inside rim of the
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Blue and White Dutch Delft Dishes Early 19th century Circa 1820
Located in Katonah, NY
center with a garden scene featuring a bird atop a dark blue scholar's rock. Around the bird we see
Category
Antique 1810s Dutch Dutch Colonial Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Set of a Dozen Antique Porcelain Dishes Barr Flight Barr Worcester
By Flight, Barr
Barr Worcester
Located in Katonah, NY
scholar's rock, the longtailed bird, flowers and the flowering tree.
Barr, Flight, Barr Worcester were
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 18th Century Derby Porcelain Bowls Chinoiserie England circa 1765
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
five large panels, each showing a blue scholar's rock and a flowering peony.
Some of the finest
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage His and Her Pair Asian Scholar Bookends in Carved Black Stone
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Bookends
Vintage pair of bookends carved stone. Handmade stained black rock.
Oriental Asian
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone
A Group of 10 Kangxi Blue and White Double Dinner Plates
Located in Katonah, NY
with a large flower, prunus tree, garden fence, and scholar's pierced rock.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Porcelain
Chinese Viewing Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
on a wooden base.
Pagoda Red Collection #: P184
Keywords: Rock, Scholars stone, Chinese
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$2,180
Lingbi Scholars Rock
Located in New York, NY
A horizatal natural Lingbi scholars rock on rosewood stand.
Category
Mid-20th Century Scholar s Objects
$1,300
LingBi Scholars Rock
Located in New York, NY
Vertical LingBi scholars rock with fine carved rosewood stand
Category
Early 20th Century Scholar s Objects
$2,900
Lingbi Scholar
s Rock
Located in New York, NY
A horizontal Lingbi scholar’s rock with overhang and grotto, fine carved rosewood stand.
Category
Early 20th Century Scholar s Objects
$2,600
Vertical Lingbi Scholars Rock
Located in New York, NY
Vertical Lingbi scholars rock with grotto and overhang, fine carved rosewood stand.
Category
20th Century Scholar s Objects
Vertical Lingbi Scholar
s Rock
Located in New York, NY
A lingbi scholar's rock with grottos and overhanging, and fine carved hardwood stand, New York city.
Category
20th Century Scholar s Objects
Lingbi Scholars Rock, 1930
Located in New York, NY
A vertical natural Lingbi scholars rock with grotto and overhang, fine carved rosewood stand, circa
Category
Vintage 1930s Scholar s Objects
Horizontal LingBi Scholar
s Rock
Located in New York, NY
A lingbi scholar's rock in the form of a stone bridge with fine carved hardwood stand, created by
Category
20th Century Scholar s Objects
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Scholar Rock For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic scholar rock available at 1stDibs. A scholar rock — often made from stone, wood and limestone — can elevate any home. Find 102 options for an antique or vintage scholar rock now, or shop our selection of 17 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a scholar rock — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A scholar rock, designed in the Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made scholar rock over the years, but those crafted by Richard Hirsch, Robert Kuo and Bow Porcelain are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Scholar Rock?
A scholar rock can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,800, while the lowest priced sells for $95 and the highest can go for as much as $19,500.
Questions About Scholar Rock
- Where can I find scholar rocks?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Gongshi, also known as scholar rocks, can be found through a multitude of retailers, including 1stDibs. Scholar rocks’ can be any color, size or material. However, they are traditionally authentic stones made with limestone. Shop a collection of authentic scholar rocks on 1stDibs.
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