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萬曆癸巳春日吳郡龍如寫)","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<font color=\"#7030a0\"><span lang=\"EN\">&nbsp;–1995&nbsp;Christie’s auction (New York, NY), sold to Shau-wai and Marie Lam (Summit, NJ), 1995<br>1995–2006&nbsp;Shau-wai and Marie Lam (Summit, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2006.<br></span></font><font color=\"#7030a0\"></font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"<SPAN lang=EN>\r\n<P dir=ltr align=left>The Eighteen Scholars are a renowned historical group of advisors who had served the Tang emperor Taizong (reigned 626–49) before he assumed the imperial seat. 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