Chinese Silk Calligraphy Scroll

A hanging scroll with a handful of characters and a long drop of pale silk.

This calligraphy scroll is from China, with no date given in the record, and is made with ink on paper and silk. Hanging scrolls like this are commonly displayed in studios and reception rooms, and are changed with the season. Several vertical columns of black brushwork in a flowing hand fill the central panel, with a red seal near the lower edge. I cannot read the text. The silk mounting is a soft olive-cream, finished with dark wooden rollers.

About 75 inches high and sixteen wide. Slim enough for any hallway wall.