Chinese Hanging Scroll Paintings
May 2026
All objects are Chinese paintings executed as hanging scrolls using ink and/or color on paper, representing traditional East Asian artistic formats and techniques.
41 objects · 2 institutions

A Hundred Birds and the Three Friends
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400–1425

A Hundred Sparrows in a Lofty Grove
Cleveland Museum of Art
1368–1644

A Myriad of Birds
Cleveland Museum of Art
1700s–1800s

A Pair of Peafowl
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1400s-early 1500s

Birds Gather under the Spring Willow
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1400s-early 1500

Birds in a Grove in a Mountainous Winter Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
1100s

Birds on Red Plum
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1892

Birds on a Peach Branch
Cleveland Museum of Art
1100s

Birds on a Tree with Fruit and Autumn Foliage
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911); late 17th century 清朝

Birds on an Autumn Inlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200

Black Birds
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893

Chinese Tree Peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1820

Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1892

Ducks under Reeds
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s

Eagle on a Tree Trunk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1755

Eagles
Cleveland Museum of Art
1368–1644

Embroidery from a Cloud Collar: Ocean, Rocks, and Peonies
Cleveland Museum of Art
1300s

Embroidery with Birds
Cleveland Museum of Art
700s-800s

Flowering Crab Apple
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500

Flowers and Birds
Cleveland Museum of Art
first half of the 14th Century

Flowers of Four Seasons, with Poems
Cleveland Museum of Art
1531

Herbaceous Peony
Cleveland Museum of Art
1685

Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892

Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892

Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892

Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892

Landscapes
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892

Lily and Butterflies
Cleveland Museum of Art
1300s

Lotus and Waterfowl
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1697

Mandarin Ducks and Lotus
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1892

Mynah and Lotus 鷯哥荷花圖
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1885

Paradise Flycatchers and Wisteria
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1892

Peonies
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1200s

Phoenix and Tree Peony
Cleveland Museum of Art
1300s

Plum Blossoms and Peonies
Cleveland Museum of Art
1741

Quails and Sparrows in an Autumn Scene
Cleveland Museum of Art
1347

Returning Birds and Old Cypress
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1100s–early 1200s

Sleeping Bird on a Prunus Branch
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s

The Five Virtues
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895

Wisteria and Goldfish 紫藤金魚圖
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid/late 19th century

Wisteria and Goldfish 紫藤金魚圖
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 19th century