Chinese scroll
Rolled Asian painting
A Chinese scroll is a painting or calligraphic work mounted on paper or silk, designed to be rolled for storage and unrolled for viewing.
Vertical scrolls hang on walls; horizontal scrolls unroll across a table, revealing the composition gradually.
The format has been central to East Asian art for over two thousand years: The museum's collection includes several Ming dynasty Chinese scrolls.
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- ink washDiluted pigment brushwork
- inkWriting fluid
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- brush strokeMark left by painting
silk · bamboo · hanging · painting · dragon · landscape · mountain · mountain mist · mist · dynasty · temple · poetry · vertical · unroll · parchment · rice paper · watercolor · crane
- scrollshandscroll, makimono
Chinese scrollstretched canvas
Fabric secured over frame
picture frame · triptych · altarpiece · wall mural · diptych
Chinese scrolloil on canvas
Paint type on woven surface
fresco · wood panel · cave painting · stone carving · metal engraving