A MALAYSIAN BRONZE CANNON of tapering multi-stage form decorated in relief with mouldings and, on the chase with a panel of foliage, large naturalistic dolphin lifting handles (one missing), plain trunnions, knob-shaped cascabel, and peg-mount (green surface patination overall), late 18th Century | Christie's

Lot 162

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A MALAYSIAN BRONZE CANNON of tapering multi-stage form decorated in relief with mouldings and, on the chase with a panel of foliage, large naturalistic dolphin lifting handles (one missing), plain trunnions, knob-shaped cascabel, and peg-mount (green surface patination overall), late 18th Century

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A MALAYSIAN BRONZE CANNON of tapering multi-stage form decorated in relief with mouldings and, on the chase with a panel of foliage, large naturalistic dolphin lifting handles (one missing), plain trunnions, knob-shaped cascabel, and peg-mount (green surface patination overall), late 18th Century
43in., 2in. bore

Lot Essay

For a similar cannon see H.L. Blackmore, The Armouries of the Tower of London, I Ordnance, No. 235, p. 169

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