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
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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.
