Chinese riverbank gongshi, a polished, umber viewing stone with orange, green, gray and dark umber highlights, with various complex striations evoking a desert landscape. A vertical honorific in tiny kaishu script is finely carved on the right edge of the stone (see pic #7, enlarged). The Chinese, traditional, hongmu stand is included. Circa Republic of China era. stone: 7.5" high x 5.5" wide x 2.25" deep stand: .875" high x 6" wide x 2.5" deep