A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING WITH CALLIGRAPHY

A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING WITH CALLIGRAPHY, KAKEMONO

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

In ink on paper, inscribed with characters in kanji script with the phrase "the dragon appears at dawn", signed Abbot Taishin and with three red seals, a paper slip to the reverse mentioning that Taishin was the "noted 17th century Abbot of the Zenrinji Temple" in Kyoto, 129.5cm x 27.5cm.

Provenance: a private English collection, London and Shetland.