A scholar's yellow-wax stone, 18th/ 19th century, with a carved longanwood stand from the same period, 16.5 cm high, Though most yellow wax rocks are smooth and plain, connoisseurs prefer examples with web-textured surfaces such as the current lot. Compare a similar piece paired with a comparable stand, see Worlds within Worlds: the Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars' Rocks, Harvard University Art Museum, 1997, pl. 63, p. 274, Worlds within Worlds: the Richard Rosenblum Collection of Chinese Scholars' Rocks, 1997, 63, 274