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Trying to find information on this silk painting - Presumably from 1666, made for the Kangxi Emperor
the picture is named “受天百祿”, a verse quoted from 詩 小雅 天保, roughly means:
And thou receivest every heavenly favour
next line is “康熙丙午夏日沈銓寫”, means in the summer of 1666, drawn by 沈銓 (the author name)
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