Details
LIU YONG (1719-1804)
Running Script Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
104 x 29.5 cm. (41 x 11 5/8 in.)
With one seal of the artist
Dated second month, wuwu year (1798)

SPECIALIST'S NOTES
Liu Yong (1719-1804), courtesy name Chong Ru, sobriquest Shi’an, was a native of Dangshan, Anhui province. He passed the civil examination in 1751 and eventually became a Senior Secretary. Proficient in calligraphy, he was nicknamed the Prime Minister of Dark Ink.
-- Excerpt from Dictionary of Chinese Artists Names, p.1327.
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