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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jar cover
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Jar cover

Artist Unknown
CultureChinese | Ming Dynasty
Date1368-1644
MediumMalachite
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Gabrielle P. Hubbard in memory of William L. Parker, Sarah Harrison Parker & J.W. Hubbard, Jr.
Object number91.57
Not on view
DescriptionGreen malachite cover of a jar with a lion finial. This is a cover to a missing jar. Cover surmounted with a lion. Green malachite which from its conditions appears to have been buried.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
5TH CENTURY-7TH CENTURY
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Herter Brothers
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Herter Brothers
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
1736-1795
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
1736-1795
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876-1886
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
1573-1619
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
14th century-15th century