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important for a good display. A lecture of this aspect was the theme of Mr. Massimo Bandera’s lecture about Japanese aesthetics.
Awards were presented on occasion of the gala din- ner on Saturday evening. A new board was elected at the annual general meeting of the association on Sun- day a ernoon. Mrs. Luciana Queirolo was a rmed as president. It was also decided that the city of Florence will be the venue of the AIAS convention 2018.
My stay in Italy was a pleasant one. I enjoyed great hospitality but mainly warm friendship.
Top; winner of BCI Excellence Award: landscape stone in a suiban, origin: Italy, collector: Cesare Fumagalli
Middle; 1st winner of the category Shelves, titled “From the creek to the ocean”, origin: Toscana, Liguria, (Italy), Collection: Claudio Nuti
Inset; 3rd winner of Stones to Admire, titled “Across,” origin: Japan (Hokkaido), collection: Daniela Schifano
Bottom; 2nd winner of the category Shelves, titled “On Biwa lake in the autumn”, origin: Japan, collection: Daniela Schifano
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