Höjd 6-8,5 cm.
Slitage, delar saknas.
The Danish Diplomat and Counsul General for Denmark, Ove Christian Lunn (1873-1935), Lunn had a long diplomatic career and was posted 1910-1918 in Oslo, 1918-1924 in San Fransisco, 1924-28 in Melbourne, 1928-1935 in Shanghai. These items were aquired when posted in Shanghai, thence by descent within the family.
Under Manchu formal dress regulations, the colours of hat finials were used to distinguish official ranks: the four army divisions known as Banners were originally represented by ruby finials for the Red Banner, sapphires for the Blue Banner, rock crystals for the White Banner and gold for the Yellow Banner.