Cannon, Sinhalese cannon or Lewuke's cannon, Bronze cannon, on the top a complicated decoration, partly cast in relief and then covered with silver, the ground of gold inlaid with silver, in some places small rubies have been used. Main form European. The cannon bears the symbols of the King of Kandy: a sun, crescent and Sinhala lion. The wooden enclosure has paintings of animals and flowers. With loading stick and shovel, Sri Lanka, Kandy, Netherlands, Vijaya Rajasinha (King of Kandy), Dutch East India Company, Lubbert Jan baron van Eck, Willem V (Prince of Orange-Nassau), Batavian Republic, National Assembly, National Konst-Gallery, anonymous, before 1745, bronze (metal), wood (plant material), silver (metal), precious stone (material), gold (metal), ruby (mineral), sawing, h 54 cm × w 181 cm × d 77 cm l 98 cm × d 43 cm
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Cannon, Sinhalese cannon, Lewuke's cannon, Bronze cannon, top, complicated decoration, partly cast, relief, covered, black-and-white, ground, gold inlaid, places small rubies, Main form European, cannon bears, symbols, King, Kandy, sun, crescent, Sinhala lion, wooden enclosure, paintings, animals, flowers, loading stick, shovel, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Vijaya Rajasinha, Dutch East India Company, Lubbert Jan baron van Eck, Willem V, Prince, Orange-Nassau, Batavian Republic, National Assembly, National Konst-Gallery, 1745, bronze, metal, wood, plant material, precious stone, material, gold, ruby, mineral, sawing
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