Yang Mengtai - 杨梦台 (1838-1944), calligraphy mounted on scroll, China, 20th century India ink on paper, calligraphy evoking a poem that can be translated as follows: 焦客出来山帯雨 漁舟過去水生風 / 筆壺花果夢中八 八拾五歳 草仙 - "Travelers emerge from the mountains in the rain / Fishing boats pass by, water creates wind / In a dream, eight fruits and flowers in a brush pot / The eighty-five-year-old hermit". Signed Cao Xian - 草仙, artist name of Yang Mengtai. It is accompanied by two seals on the lower left and another seal on the upper right. Painting size: 148 x 39.5 cm