TANG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 618-1368)

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.