Suiseki

The landscape stones, as they are also called the Suiseki are admired for their beauty and ability to suggest a natural scene or an object intimately related to nature. Traditionally they are exposed on a wooden base, a base that adapts to the contours of the stones, or on a flat tray with sand or water.
 The beauty of a Suiseki derives in part from its ability to suggest a scene or object.
The simpler the rock, the more capacity for suggestion it will have.
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