The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Hand Cannon

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
bronze and brass
Overall: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.45
Location: Not on view
  • Austin Collection
    ?–1919
    Theodore Offerman [c. 1873–1937], New York, NY, consigned to the American Art Association for sale
    February 7–8, 1919
    (American Art Association, New York, NY, Theodore Offerman Collection sale, February 8, 1919, lot no. 300)
    1919
    John L. [1863–1936] and Elisabeth Huntington DeWitt Severance [1865–1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1919–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 163, F64 archive.org
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