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Taihu rock with natural perforations

Chinese
Qing dynasty
Late 19th to early 20th century

Medium/Technique Gray limestone with modern granite base
Dimensions 431.01 x 245.74 cm (169 11/16 x 96 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Richard Rosenblum and Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number1999.4
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsScholar's objects

Provenance1960s, said to have been removed from a Ming-period garden, Shanghai. By 1997, Mr. Z. L. He, Shanghai; 1999, sold by Z. L. He, through Kemin Hu, Newton, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 24, 1999)