hanging scroll

noun

1. scroll5

Example Sentences

“Here’s the patient,” Uyeda says, gesturing to a Chinese hanging scroll laid out on one of the tables: a painting by an unknown artist in an unknown year, though curators suspect it was made in the 19th or early 20th century.

From Seattle Times

According to conventional art-conservator wisdom, a hanging scroll should be remounted once a century or so, requiring the whole piece to be disassembled and reassembled — a risky process.

From Seattle Times

Among nearly 60 selected works are his hanging scroll landscape paintings, depicting mountainous and arboreous terrain.

From New York Times

The gallery represented some of these artists during their lifetimes, and all of the paintings have been remounted in the original hanging scroll format in wooden frames.

From New York Times

He also donated a Song dynasty hanging scroll, “Riverbank,” which the Met attributes to the 10th‐century artist Dong Yuan, although the authenticity has been disputed.

From New York Times