Block model of a Chinese junk (Fuzhou) - firewood transporting junk, ‘shiaobaidi’
Beschreibung
Ship model of a firewood transporting junk, probably the ‘shiaobaidi’, or a semi turret deck vessel (which forms an exception to the usual run of craft in the shape of the bow). Excavated block model with transverse bulkheads. Keel boat. Sharply bent keel ending fore in a broadening swim head, and aft in a strongly raking horseshoe-shaped transom. Rounded frame. Strong sheer. Hull divided by bulkheads into six open hatches, five of which with gangway. Bulkhead with tabernacle and windlass. Aft a small arched wooden deck house, underneath a larger plaited reed roof. Stern with rudder hole for the ‘yuloh’. Parallelogram-shaped drop rudder. Mast with brown cotton cloth standing lug. Black wale, swim head and transom with colourful painting.