Chinese scrolls
Mounted ink artworks
Chinese scrolls are traditional East Asian artworks painted or written on paper or silk, mounted for vertical hanging or horizontal unrolling.
Hanging scrolls display paintings or calligraphy on walls; hand scrolls unroll section by section for intimate viewing, revealing a narrative or landscape progressively: The museum's collection includes Ming dynasty Chinese scrolls.
- rice paperThin edible Asian wrapper
- silk brocadeFigured woven cloth
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- bamboo rodsHollow woody grass stems
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
humidity control · literary heritage · jade roller · historical narratives · figure painting · landscape painting · mountain mist · museum exhibitions · scholarly tradition · ceremonial use · religious iconography · philosophical musings · cultural preservation
- Asian artink painting, Japanese art, brush painting, sumi-e, Indian art
- folk craftsbasketry, basket weaving, quilting, quilts, embroidery
- Dunhuang manuscriptsBuddhist scriptures, spells, Christian texts, almanacs, calendars
- world artAfrican art, American art, Asian art, European art, Egyptian art
Chinese scrollsstretched canvas
Fabric secured over frame
frescoes · murals · triptychs · altarpieces
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