In the National Palace Museum in Taipei, there's a rather famous sculpture of a
meat-shaped stone (肉形石).
From the catalog:
At first glance, this meat-shaped piece of stone looks like a luscious,
mouth-watering piece of "Tung-p'o meat". Made from banded jasper, it is a
naturally occurring stone that accumulates in layers over many years. With time,
different impurities will result in the production of various colors and hues to
the layers. The craftsman who made this meat-shaped stone took the rich natural
resources of this stone and carved it with great precision, and then the skin
was stained. This process resulted in the appearance of skin and lean and fatty
layers of meat, the veining and hair follicles making the piece appear even more
realistic.
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