A RARE CHINESE IRON CANNON, PROBABLY 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY cast with a series of projecting bands, presumably intended for a swivel mount, wasted at the breech and pierced with a pair of holes for ignition (patinated overall) 72cm; 28 3/8in barrel 6.5cm; 2 1/2in bore For related examples preserved at the Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson see H. L. Blackmore 1976, pp. 154-155, nos. 204-206.