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A Chinese Bronze CannonInscribed Made In The 21st Year Of Daoguang Reign Corresponding To 1841
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,750 inc. premium
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Inscribed Made In The 21st Year Of Daoguang Reign Corresponding To 1841
Inscribed Made In The 21st Year Of Daoguang Reign Corresponding To 1841
Of multi-stage form with seven raised mouldings and turned muzzle, the second and third reinforce incised in Chinese characters with the date and details of the quantities of powder and ammunition required for its use (characters rubbed), knob-shaped cascabel, touch-hole on a raised rectangle, and plain trunnions: on later wooden carriage of field type with spoked iron-rimmed wheels and open trail
65.5 cm. barrel, 3 cm. bore
65.5 cm. barrel, 3 cm. bore
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Provenance
Believed to have been captured by the vendor's father during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900








