Cannon

Salutes were fired from this cannon to welcome the visitors of the king of Kandy. His symbols are found on the barrel: a sun, a half moon, and the Sinhalese lion. The Dutch seized the splendid cannon as booty during a military campaign in 1765. They presented it to Stadholder-Prince William V for his cabinet of rarities in The Hague.

Cannon

Salutes were fired from this cannon to welcome the visitors of the king of Kandy. His symbols are found on the barrel: a sun, a half moon, and the Sinhalese lion. The Dutch seized the splendid cannon as booty during a military campaign in 1765. They presented it to Stadholder-Prince William V for his cabinet of rarities in The Hague.