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The Viewing Stones Exhibit
A tradition until 2010, was the Suiseki Exhibition by Willi Benz on occasion of the Noelanders Trophy, but it finished with the passing away of Willi. Fortunately, the organizers decided to revive the tradition and exhibit viewing stones during this year’s show. Ms and Mr. Lehner and myself were asked to contribute a few stones to the exhibition. We were given about twenty meters of space at our disposal where we could display more than twenty stones. The Lehner family exhibited exclusively suiseki of Japanese origin whereas I tried to give evidence that beautiful stones can be
Lehner Family Collection
Top; Mountain lake stone, Toyama-Mizitamara-ishi, origin: Kamogawa, Japan. Collection Elisabeth Lehner
Middle; Waterfall stone, Taki- ishi, origin: Abegawa, Japan. Collection Elisabeth Lehner
Bottom; Mountain stone with plateau, Toyama-ishi, origin: Furuya, Japan. Collection Harald Lehner
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