DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO THE TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OF DAOGUANG, CORRESPONDING TO 1844

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TWO SIMILAR INSCRIBED BRONZE CANNONS
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO THE TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OF DAOGUANG, CORRESPONDING TO 1844
The heavily cast model is of typical tapering form with inscriptions between six levels of cast reinforcing ring bands.
The larger, 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) long, wooden carriage

Provenance

Christie's London, 20 November 1991, lot 132.

Lot Essay

A pair of very similar bronze cannons were sold in these rooms, 8 June 1987, lot 294.

The inscriptions state that these cannons were presented to the Viceroy of Zhili, cast in the twenty-third year of Daoguang, supervised by Yin Jiangong and Jiu Chengwen; Zao Jiangting craftsman. Gunpowder quantity of two liang and bullet quantity of two liang two qian.

One cannon belonged to elite troop number one hundred and eighty-eight, the other to elite troop number one hundred and fifty-three, both position thirty.

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