Running Script Calligraphy

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 Note : 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.