Xia's techniques are even more impressive in his hand scrolls; however, few of these have survived.

Though no large statues are known to still exist, many hand scrolls and paintings on silk can be found in private collections.

"They come in the hanging scroll, hand scroll and album format."

These hand scrolls show that he has a mastery of this style and its conventions.

The Chinese drew them on hand scrolls.

The hand scroll containing the painting is over one and a half meters long.

The calligraphy accompanying the hand scroll indirectly supports this interpretation.

The hand scroll was remarkably preserved considering its ill use, but even so, four of the original thirteen portraits had been lost.

Usually it's all hanging pictures or hand scrolls.

The library has scheduled several such shows, and the first, a selection of eight exquisite 16th- and 17th-century Japanese painted hand scrolls, is in place now.