Lovely hand painted scroll from China. Illustrated using historically rich water colors on rice paper, matted on silk. 18 inches by 52 high. Gorgeous hand painted scroll from China. Illustrated using traditional watercolors on rice paper, matted on silk. 18 inches by 52 high. China has provided the world with many highly skilled painters, particularly in and around the city of Zhejiang, where the artform of painting on scrolls started. The wide-spread acquisition of Chinese hand-painted scrolls has demonstrated to the world their high level of mastery in rendering landscapes, which were most often the themes of their paintings from ancient times.