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A Museum-level Bonseki Zen Natural Scholar Stone, Lingbi Stone (灵璧石) - $38,000 (danville / san ramon)
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Rare Large Lingbi Scholar’s Rock — “Perforated Mountain Form”
This imposing Lingbi stone exemplifies the dramatic landscape forms long celebrated in Chinese literati traditions. Its silhouette rises with jagged peaks and cavernous perforations, creating a dynamic interplay of mass and void. The stone resonates with the spirit of Song-dynasty aesthetics, where nature’s grandeur is evoked within the scholar’s studio.
Lingbi stones, prized since at least the Tang dynasty, are distinguished by their hard, dense limestone, sonorous quality, and evocative natural forms. This unusually large example (spanning more than 100 cm in width) demonstrates all four classical virtues of wrinkling (皱), perforation (漏), openness (透), and thinness (瘦).
Comparable works are held in leading museum collections, including the Palace Museum (Beijing) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). Similar stones have achieved strong results at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, underscoring the desirability of rare, large Lingbi stones.
This stone exemplifies the four virtues celebrated in classical connoisseurship:
• Wrinkling (皱): the textured, weathered surface recalling craggy cliffs.
• Perforation (漏): the hollow spaces that create depth and mystery.
• Openness (透): the flowing passages of light through stone.
• Thinness (瘦): the slender, soaring silhouette suggesting lofty heights.
Placed on its carved wooden stand, the stone becomes more than a geological specimen: it is a landscape for the mind, a stage for poetry, painting, and meditation. To gaze upon it is to enter a world where mountains rise within reach, and where stillness and imagination meet.
Dimensions: 104 × 29 × 13 cm
Material: Limestone (Lingbi, Anhui Province, China)
Accompanied by: wooden stand
此方大型灵璧石，造型峭拔雄奇，山峰嶙峋，孔洞穿透，虚实相生，堪为文人审美中“山川之象”的佳作。石体展现出宋代以来文人对“缩万壑于方寸”的追求，观之如临山水胜境。
灵璧石自唐代即受推崇，其质坚密，色泽古朴，扣之有声。此石横长逾百厘米，体量罕见，且四德兼备：皱（肌理纹理）、漏（孔洞通透）、透（光影交融）、瘦（体态峭拔）。
同类石品现藏于北京故宫博物院与纽约大都会艺术博物馆等机构。近年来，类似大型灵璧石在佳士得、苏富比屡有佳绩，显示出此类奇石的高收藏价值。
この大型霊璧石は、峻厳な山岳を思わせるシルエットに、貫通する孔と起伏する峰を備え、虚と実が響き合う雄大な姿を示しています。宋代文人が追求した「小にして大を観る」美意識を体現する逸品です。
霊璧石は唐代以来、硬く緻密な質感と古色ある色合い、そして打つと鳴る澄んだ音で珍重されてきました。本石は横幅100センチを超える稀有な大きさを誇り、四徳――皺（しわ）、漏（ろう）、透（とう）、瘦（そう）――を兼備しています。
同種の霊璧石は北京故宮博物院やニューヨーク・メトロポリタン美術館に所蔵されており、近年クリスティーズやサザビーズにおいても高額落札が続いています。
灵璧石
此块灵璧石如同一座幽暗而奇幻的山峦，其表面布满天然穿孔与洞穴，仿佛引人穿越幽谷、探入深壑。每一个孔洞都像一扇门，框取出石中别样的天地。光影在嶙峋的表面与洞隙间流转，恰似山景晨昏时的变幻。
自千余年前起，灵璧石便深受文人雅士的珍爱。它们并非以体量宏伟或色彩夺目取胜，而在于能于方寸之间寄托万壑千峰，于一石之中映照宇宙之大。在道家思想中，孔隙与空灵象征着虚无的生发之力，而峭拔之峰则寓意坚韧与恒久。
此石完美展现了古代赏石“四德”：
• **皱：**表面肌理起伏，宛若嶙峋山岩。
• **漏：**天然孔洞贯通，生出深邃奥妙。
• **透：**光线穿行其间，虚实相生。
• **瘦：**轮廓高耸纤劲，意境清远。
置于木座之上，它已超越了地质矿物的范畴，成为寄托心境的山水世界。凝视此石，仿佛置身山川之中，于静谧中生发无尽想象。
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