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A suiseki at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum of the United States National Arboretum

Suiseki (水石^?) is the Japanese art of stone appreciation and may also refer to the objects of the appreciation—the stones. Suiseki may take many forms including those that bear a resemblance to human figures, animal figures, landscape forms, and those which are purely abstract. Suiseki grew from the Gongshi (Chinese: 供石; pinyin: gōngshí) of China, where people have been appreciating the natural aesthetics.

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• Gongshi
• Korean stone art

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