Striking hand painted scroll from China. Painted in time-honored water color on rice paper, matted on silk. 18 inches by 54 high. China has provided the world with generations of artisans, starting from in and around the city of Zhejiang, where the ancient tradition of water color painting on scrolls began. The widespread popularity of Chinese hand-painted scrolls has demonstrated to the world their mastery in creating landscapes, which were the most popular theme of their scroll-renderings from it's beginnings until today.