Panaka's gift

At some point before his death in 3 BBY, Moff Quarsh Panaka gave a statue to his liege, Emperor Palpatine. By 4 ABY, the Emperor kept it among several other works of art in his receiving chamber while staying onboard the second Death Star battle station.

Behind the scenes
Moff Panaka's gift originated in the Legends reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy (2004), and was canonized in the updated Star Wars: Complete Locations (2016). It greatly resembles the Goddess on the Throne, a Neolithic terracotta figurine that was found in Yugoslavia.