Viewing Stones Show

The California Aiseki Kai presents its 34th annual show featuring outstanding examples of suiseki and other viewing stones.

Practiced in Asia for centuries and gaining popularity around the world, the art of viewing stones invites contemplation of the subtle, often fanciful forms that have been shaped by nature, the elements, and time.

A grouping of five viewing stones

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

A smooth stone mounted to a wooden platform.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

A small group of viewing stones, one resembles a white mouse, another looks like an open bag filled with grains of sand.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

An irregular green malachite stone, with holes is suspended over a wooden platform.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Rows of tables with various viewing stones set upon them, visitors stand in the background.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

A rough brown stone, resembling a desert mountain formation, set in a ceramic base filled with sand.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Rows of tables with various viewing stones set upon them.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

A pink-ish stone, resembling a mountain range, set in a wooden base.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.