Images referred to in Robert Mowry’s essay

‘The Historical Importance of Scholars’ Rocks in Chinese Culture’ (Contemplating Rocks, pps. 22-24)

Zhao Yan’s Eight Princes on a Spring Outing

An illustration of Breaking the Balustrade

Su Hanchen’s Children at Play in an Autumn Garden

Li Shan’s Roses and Wisteria by a Garden Rock

Heo Ryeon’s The Chinese Scholar Mi Fu Paying Homage to a Fantastic Rock

Xie Huan’s The Nine Elders of the Mountain of Fragrance.
Images of a related painting (but without a scholar's rock) are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Zhan Wang’s Sculpture in the Form of a Nine-Hole Scholar’s Rock



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