Rigged model of a type of Chinese junk

full model

MODELS - VESSELS - FULL
marad; models
Law, Alexander
China, Fuzhou; Min River
1959
wood; metal; paint; glass; textile
overall: 11 3/4 x 15 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.

Miniature model of a type of a Chinese junk used to carry poles for building purposes and other cargo from Foochow to other Chinese ports; the hull painted red and green, hatch covers blue, with three masts and patched sails raised; model mounted on a hand-executed map of the area between the Min River and Foochow, encased in a glass vitrine set on a mahogany case with a keyed drawer which held a presentation copy of "CHINESE JUNKS", inscribed by the author and illustrator, Ivon Donnelly, 1922, now in the G.W. Blunt White Library collection.

UNIDENTIFIED junk
1966.327