For Immediate Release 

Schneible Fine Art to present "Moonlight Reflections" extraordinary stone paintings from China and their most recent Chinese antiquity acquisitions during New York's Asia week, March 20-29, 2010.

A special weekend opening preview is planned Saturday March 20, noon to 7PM; Sunday, March 21, noon to 6PM. 

Schneible Fine Art will also be introducing it’s first publication on this enchanting art form: Dreaming of dreamstones- your guide to collecting China’s extraordinary natural stone paintings authored by Douglas Schneible. 

 Collected over the past several years and deaccessioned from a single Yunnan family collection, the exhibition will include over twenty framed natural stone marble paintings called "moonlight" stones by Chinese collectors. Originating from a rare black striped natural stone found in a cave atop "Guan Yin" mountain, they remind us of reflective nightlights that might be seen along a shoreline or village at night glistening from the sky above. Each painting has been personally selected for outstanding palette and pattern, beautiful examples seldom seen inside or outside of China. 

According to Schneible, "In southwestern China’s Yunnan Province lay Dali Prefecture and the Cangshan Mountains- home to special natural stones of uncommon beauty. Coveted by Tang and Song emperors and empresses, favored by scholars and collectors since ancient past and pursued by European connoisseurs, these precious marbles have been described by poetic literati as "glistening, marvelous, and picturesque"! Collectors have revered stone paintings for centuries, particularly since the Ming dynasty when Dali marble became a favored asset. In the west, the French took particular fancy to these beautiful works of art naming them "pierre de reve".

After considerable external scrutiny, each selected marble slab is carefully cut into a thin slice by experienced craftspeople from the past four generations of the Bai minority group, in hopes its inner bounds reveal a palette and pattern of uncompromising natural beauty. Once revealed, natural inclusions suggest meandering shorelines, misty mountains, lofty peaks, and distant valleys whose twisting riverbeds lie lush awaiting visual exploration. Well observed patterns known in Chinese as "Caihu" (colored flowers); "Yunhui" (gray clouds) and "Baishi" (white jade) describe valued contents. If a cutter is lucky, these efforts may be rewarded by a precious slice of exquisite beauty and a unique work of art is born."  

 Schneible Fine Art will be unveiling their special New York exhibition of these paintings and it’s latest antiquity acquisitions including a superb group of tenth to thirteenth century China Liao dynasty treasures at the Zabriskie Gallery, Fuller Building, Fourth floor, 41 East 57 Street at Madison Avenue , New York, New York 10022, from March 20-29, 2010, weekdays 11 AM – 5 PM. Special appointments are welcome. Telephone (802) 279- 7601 or (212) 752-1223. Email:  ACGDOUG@AOL.COM  Web site: www.artscraftsgal.com