"Pierre De Dali De Rêves De Lettré Circa 1880 Chine"
Rare round Chinese or Japanese dream stone, Qing or Meiji period. Marble, known as Dali Stone (Dali Shi) in Chinese, is a native stone of Yunnan, marble from the Cangshan Mountains has been extracted since the Tang Dynasty for over 1000 years. Beautiful quality stone composed of unique veins, and with multiple varieties. When polished, the stones represent various natural motifs, such as mountains, rivers, plants, birds, animals and figures, etc... bringing the observer to a dream. Called dream stones or travel stones, we can understand the term dream as a term for landscape, soul travel, mystical hikes. 
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