Title: Hat Finial
Object type: Hat finial
Culture: China
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Medium: Glass top on gilded-metal base
Dimensions: H. with stand 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. with stand 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam of spherical finial 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Classification: Jewelry
Credit line: Purchase, Everfast Fund, 1973
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY