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inclusions, skillfully used to delineate a musician carved in low relief depicted holding a stick in his right hand with which he beats a drum, and a rattle in his left hand, wearing a long scarf which trails around him, the sides chamfered to a flat base with four pairs of holes for attachement, 4.7cm x 4.7cm
Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 26 October 2004
Note: Popular during the Tang dynasty, plaques of this nature would have been part of a set to adorn the belt of a senior official. Typically decorated with musicians and dancers, generally of Central Asian origin.
Cf. A complete set of similar jade belt plaques are housed in the Met Museum, New York, Gallery 207, 1992.165.22a-jPlease refer to department for condition report