Ship model of a Chinese junk (Chongqing) - ‘mayangzi’
Description
Ship model of a ‘mayangzi’, intended to descend the rapids of the Chang Jiang. The Chinese characters on the label at the starboard side of the cabin wall, indeed, stand for ‘Hunan Mayang’. The steeply rising fore swim head with a port for a ‘sao’ or bow oar is, according to Audemard (1963) (V, p. 35), typical. The small triangles painted with black on the flanks represent the nailing pattern of the strakes.
Model built of wide planks and transverse bulkheads. Flat bottom. Forebody with high swim head and steering port. Steeply rising, slightly broadening aft swim head. Almost straight, flaring sides. Tumble-home bulwark. Turret deck. Flat sheer. Countersunk fore cuddy board up to the mast beam and two transverse bulkheads. Behind them low superstructure, running from the starboard to the port side and connected to higher wheelhouse with sliding hatch covers and open-worked window. All of which covered with matting. Balanced rudder. Mast with parallelogram-shaped cotton cloth sail, having multi-coloured strips.
longueur: 91.2 cm (geheel) largeur: 29.2 cm (geheel) hauteur: 89 cm (geheel) longueur: 91.4 cm (onderdeel) largeur: 18.4 cm (onderdeel) hauteur: 8.3 cm (onderdeel)