Model of a 'Crooked-stern' type Chinese Junk

Made:: 1931-1940 in China, Yangtze River, Fuzhou, Sichuan, Wu Shui and Kungt'an Ho

specifier:: George Raleigh Gray Worcester

Model of a 'Crooked-stern' type Chinese Junk

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Model, scale 1:12, of a Chinese 'Crooked Stern' Junk, steered by two powerful stern-sweeps, as used in the Yangtze River for carrying salt, model built by qualified Chinese shipwrights under the supervision of George Raleigh Gray Worcester, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 1931-1940. George Raleigh Gray Worcester was formerly River Officer in the Maritime Department of the Chinese Customs Service.

Whole model of a 'crooked-stern' junk, c. 1935. Scale about 1:12. These junks were built at Fouchou (Fuzhou) for service on the rapids on the Kungt'an Ho (Wu Shan) River, a tributary of the Yangtze (Chang) River. (Maze Collection)

Details

Category:: Water Transport

Object Number:: 1946-6

Materials:: wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), cotton (fibre), bamboo and straw

Measurements:: overall: 518 mm x 2174 mm x 520 mm,

type:: model, riverboats and junks

credit:: Sir Frederick Maze.

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Model of a 'Crooked-stern' type Chinese Junk

Measurements:: overall: 518 mm x 2174 mm x 520 mm,

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , cotton (fibre) , bamboo and straw

Object Number:: 1946-6/1

type:: model - representation , model , riverboat and junk

Four canopy covers, for model of a Model of a 'Crooked-stern' type Chinese Junk

Four bamboo canopy covers, for model, scale 1:12, of a Chinese 'Crooked Stern' Junk, as used in the Yangtze River for carrying salt, model built by qualified Chinese shipwrights under the supervision of George Raleigh Gray Worcester, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 1931-1940. George Raleigh Gray Worcester was formerly River Officer in the Maritime Department of the Chinese Customs Service.