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Chinese War Junk

AAE0075

Object connections:

Collection	Ship models
Exhibitions	Traders: The East India Company and Asia
User collections	Tea: breaking into the tea trade by NMMExhibitions
Gallery location	Traders Gallery (Floor plans)

Object details:

Object ID	AAE0075
Description	Scale: circa 1:18. Ethnographic boat model of a Chinese k'uai-tu ('quick leaping') or war junk. One unrigged mast. Square platform at bow. Brightly painted. Rudder and keel fenestrated suggesting represents craft from Kwangtung. Equipped with six light pivot guns and four shields on either gunwale. These vessels can be up to 22 metres in length.
Date made	Before 1865

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place made	China
Credit	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Materials	wood; organic: linen
Measurements	Overall: 290 x 1205 x 255 mm
Parts	Chinese War Junk (AAE0075) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.2) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.3) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.4) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.5) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.6) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.7) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.8) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.9) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.11) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.12) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.13) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.14) Chinese War Junk (AAE0075.15)
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