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Title	Hand Cannon (Chong)
Date	dated 1424 15th century
Medium	Bronze
Classification	Firearms
Origin	Chinese Chinese
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2002
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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