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Palace Concert (Gongyuetu 宮樂圖), anonymous painting acquired by the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735-1796), purported to depict a scene from the Late Tang court life. Ink on silk, currently held at the Taipei National Palace Museum. 

There are those who believe this to be a Song copy of a Tang original. Current scholarship consensus dates this painting to the early-mid-tenth century. While the women's accessories and some of the containers are consistent with excavations from early tenth century tombs, however the hairstyles depicted are not consistent with tenth century fashion. Other vessels, such as the lacquer cups and the long handled ladle, are more indicative of much earlier styles, such as that of the Han and early medieval period. Hence it is conjectured that antique objects might not have been recognized as relics during the Tang, and were still used in everyday life.¹

^{1. Louis, Francois. “The ‘Palace Concert’ and Tang Material Culture.” Source: Notes in the History of Art24.2 (2005), pp. 42-49↩}