Lot 1238
1238
A SMALL PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE FIGURE OF A KNEELING TRIBUTE BEARER
A SMALL PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE FIGURE OF A KNEELING TRIBUTE BEARER
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A SMALL PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE FIGURE OF A KNEELING TRIBUTE BEARER

TANG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 618-1368)

Details
A SMALL PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE FIGURE OF A KNEELING TRIBUTE BEARER
TANG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 618-1368)
1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Mes. Pechon, Delavenne, Lafarge, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 October 1983.

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Lot Essay

During the Tang dynasty, foreigners were a popular motif on jade belt plaques. A number of these are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pls. 22-27. A similar figure of a kneeling musician holding a cloth-draped object was sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2018, lot 903.

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