Artist: Mi Fu

Date: Northern Song (AD 960-1127)

Dimension: Length 29.5 cm, Width 29.5 cm

Material: Ink on paper

Donated by Roger Y.K. Hsu.

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Chinese Calligraphy Gallery
• Tag：
  • zhang hou tie running script album leaf mi fu northern song ink paper

Mi Fu (1051-1107) is also known by his zi (designated name) Yuanzhang and hao (literary name) Haiyue Waishi and Xiangyang Manshi. He once lived in Xiangyang, Hubei province and later settled down in Zhejiang, Jiangsu province. In the third year of the Chongning reign (1104), he was summoned by Emperor Huizong as a master of calligraphy and painting. Together with Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang, he shares the fame of “the four master calligraphers of the Song dynasty”.