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What is a Chinese scroll?

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What is a Chinese scroll?

A Chinese scroll is a painting or calligraphy painted on silk or rice paper that has been mounted onto a heavier paper or silk with wooden rollers at both ends. They can be rolled up for easy storage, and can be viewed hung on the wall, or unrolled along a long table.

Lotus Gallery
Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020
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"Literary Gathering" Chinese Scroll Painting, c. 1923
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an Late 20th-century reproduction of a famous Tang-dynasty scroll.
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

Antique Vintage Chinese Scroll Stand Side Table Elm Wood
Located in Pasadena, TX
Antique qing vintage Chinese scroll stand side table elm wood. Antique Chinese low side console with scroll ends.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Asian Qing Side Tables

Materials

Elm

Chinese Scrolling Vines Mirror, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century framed mirror was carved by hand in northern China and likely hung on the wall of a Qing Dynasty home, perhaps in a lady’s sleeping quarters.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Softwood

Mandarin Taoist Ceremonial Chinese Scroll Portrait Painting in Custom Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
Mandarin Taoist Chinese ceremonial scroll portrait painting in custom plexiglass frame.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Prints

Materials

Plexiglass, Paper

Monumental Hand Painted Chinese Scroll With Ancestors In Custom Frame
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A monumental hand painted Chinese work depicting 11 male and female multi-generational ancestral figures. The portrait with one male in black attire and 3 men in black attire with bl...
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Acrylic, Wood, Paper

A Chinese Framed Scroll Of An Elder Man
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique framed Chinese scroll of an elder Chinese man. Scroll features a bearded Chinese man wearing traditional colorful and ornate clothing.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

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Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Gold and Spinel Hair Ornaments, 17th c
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and unusual pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty hair ornaments crafted in high karat gold with cabochon spinels, and featuring images of cranes amongst clouds, early to mid 17th cent...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Gold

Japanese Lacquer Tray by Zohiko, Meiji/Taisho Period, Early 20th Century, Japan
By Zōhiko Studio
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Japanese lacquer decorated tray with images of hemp leaves, maple leaves, and cherry blossoms by Zohiko, Meiji or Taisho Period, early 20th century, Japan. The graceful tra...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer, Wood, Urushi lacquer

Japanese Kodaiji Maki-e Lacquer Kyarabako Incense Box, Momoyama Period
Located in Austin, TX
A striking and rare Japanese Kodaiji style lacquer kyara-bako, box for precious agarwood incense, Momoyama period (1573-1615), late 16th to early 17th century, Japan. The rectangula...
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Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Copper

19th Century Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A resplendent Japanese gold maki-e lacquer ryoshibako, document box, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan. The large document box, known in Japan as a ryoshibako, is decorated al...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Gold, Silver

Large Antique Tibetan Hand Hammered Copper Ritual Vessel or Butter Lamp
Located in Austin, TX
An unusually large antique Tibetan hammered copper ritual offering vessel or butter lamp with inset turquoise, 19th/20th century, circa 1900, Tibet. The hand hammered copper vessel...
Category

Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Metalwork

Materials

Stone, Copper

Large 18th Century Chinese Porcelain Turquoise Blue Glazed Budai Buddha
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Chinese turquoise blue glazed figure of Budai, the Happy Buddha, presented on a fitted hardwood stand, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, China. The jovial and corpu...
Category

Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Hardwood

Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako with Fighting Cocks, Edo Period, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A powerful Japanese lacquer decorated suzuribako, writing box, featuring an image of fighting cocks, early Edo Period (1603 - 1868), 17th century, Japan. Ex. Charles Gillot Collectio...
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Gold, Silver, Pewter, Gold Leaf

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