Product Overview
Among TYART’s nature bronzes, this piece stands out for the way a verdigris patina with gold highlights plays over its forms: a Taihu scholar rock with pierced openings in verdigris and gold. The modelling is calm and confident, built from broad planes that catch light along the silhouette. At 350 × 250 × 650 mm, it is designed for lobby floors and large entrance surfaces.
Each model keeps the classic Taihu silhouette — tall, leaning, riddled with channels — but the surface is smoother than limestone, more like weathered metal, which suits modern interiors. Openings pierce the body completely, so light and sight lines pass through.
The patina is built up in layers and sealed, which means tone varies slightly from piece to piece — the mark of genuine hand finishing rather than a sprayed imitation. On a lobby floor or large entrance surface, it holds its own without competing with the furniture around it, and it needs no more care than an occasional soft-cloth dusting.
Design Inspiration: The Scholar’s Rock, Reinterpreted
The Taihu stone has been the scholar’s companion since the Song dynasty, judged on four virtues — 瘦, 皱, 漏, 透. A rock on the desk was a mountain in the mind: a place to travel without leaving the studio. A bronze Taihu stone carries the same promise with none of the fragility, and its verdigris-and-gold surface makes it at home in a contemporary loft as in a literati study.
Craftsmanship: Lost-Wax Casting and Hand Patina
The piece is produced by the traditional lost-wax method. Wax is modelled from the master, invested in a ceramic shell and burnt out, and molten bronze is poured into the cavity, so the finished casting is a hollow bronze shell rather than a solid block — lighter to handle, easier to place, and true to the way fine bronzes have been made for centuries. After casting, the surface is chased and polished by hand, then patinated in layered tones and sealed.
Casting a fully pierced stone in one piece is among the hardest jobs a foundry faces; core placement and venting are engineered per model, and every opening edge is hand-dressed.
Specifications
| Model No. | XL17A3-01 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 350 × 250 × 650 mm (W × D × H) |
| Weight | 15.6 kg |
| Material | Bronze |
| Technique | Lost-wax casting |
| Finish | Verdigris patina with gold highlights, sealed |
| Placement | Indoor |
| Customization | Size, patina color, logo engraving on request |
Applications
With its size and weight, the sculpture is designed for floor placement and large surfaces. Typical placements include:
- Hotel lobby plinths as a scholarly feature
- Sales center entrance displays
- Teahouse and gallery foyers
- Restaurant statement corners
- Exhibitions on scholar culture
Customization Options
Customization is handled in our own workshop. Common requests include rescaling the model up or down, changing the patina tone (for example from green to antique gold), adding a different base finish, and engraving a logo for hotel or gift orders. Lead time depends on size; we confirm it together with the quotation.
Packaging & Delivery
Because of its size, this sculpture is packed in a foam-lined wooden crate for export shipping, with the casting braced at its contact points. Freight is quoted by sea or express air depending on urgency and destination port. Packaging photos and lead times are provided with the quotation.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is a Taihu stone, for customers unfamiliar with it?
A limestone from Lake Tai near Suzhou, eroded into holes and channels over centuries, prized by Chinese scholars as the perfect desk-sized mountain. Our version is hollow-cast in bronze with the same character — the voids, the lean, the dignity — without the weight or fragility of stone.
2. Why bronze instead of real stone?
Bronze lets us control the silhouette precisely and add the gold accents that make the piece work in modern interiors. It is also far lighter and tougher than a comparable limestone, so it ships and displays safely.
3. Can I order this piece in a different color?
Yes. The finish shown is the standard patina of this model, but the same sculpture can be produced in other tones — warm brown, antique gold, verdigris green or a custom two-tone patina. Hand patina is our standard process, so an alternative finish does not significantly affect lead time.
4. Is each sculpture exactly the same?
The casting comes from the same mold, so the form is consistent. The patina, however, is applied by hand, which means slight variations in tone between individual pieces — a normal characteristic of genuine cast bronze.
5. How is the sculpture packed for shipping?
Each piece is wrapped in protective foam and packed in a reinforced export carton; larger pieces travel in a foam-lined wooden crate. Wooden crates are standard for project shipments.
Request a Quote
Request a quote for XL17A3-01 — tell us your quantity, destination and customization requirements, and our team will reply with pricing and lead time within 24 hours. Contact TYART Bronze or browse more works in our bronze nature sculpture collection.
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