LIU YONG (1719-1805) Calligraphy in Running Script Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper 16 x 61.5 cm. (6 1?4 x 24 1?4 in.) Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
清 刘墉(1719-1805) 颇翁谢恩二状 水墨纸本 镜片 16 x 61.5 cm. (6 1?4 x 24 1?4 in.) 释文: 《谢清明日赐新火状》 右今日高品官唐国珍就宅宣旨,赐臣新火者,伏以节过藏烟,时当改火,助和气以发滞,表皇明以烛幽。臣顾贱微,荷兹荣耀,就赐而临第宅,聚观而光动里闾,实自天,非因榆柳之燧,仰如日空,倾葵藿之心,徒奉辉,岂胜欣戴。