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What is a scroll painting and how is it used?
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A scroll painting is painted on a roll of paper or sometimes silk and unrolled for viewing. A scroll painting is art primarily created in East Asia. Scrolls come in two formats: handscrolls or hanging scrolls. Shop scroll paintings on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
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After Qi Baishi Frogs Scroll Painting
Located in New York, NY
After Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957), Six Frogs, Scroll Painting, Ink on Paper, bearing two chop
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Landscape Painting, Hanging Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese scroll painting of landscape painting depicted village along the riverside in the
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Buddhist Painting, Hanging Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Buddhist Painting , Hanging Scroll Painting
Depicted Amituofo and Budhisattva in the
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
18th Century Buddhist Chinese Scroll Painting
Located in New York, NY
18th century Buddhist Chinese Scroll Painting.
This is a temple piece and has been re-backed
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
"Literary Garden, " Scroll Painting, 1923
Located in Chicago, IL
painting is an early 20th century reproduction of a famous Tang-dynasty scroll. The painting depicts a
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Paper, Ink
A Fine and Rare Scroll Painting
Located in London, GB
A Fine and Rare Scroll Painting Depicting the European Hendrik Doeff (1764 - 1837) standing
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
