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Description: | Scale: about 1:22. A model of a six mat boat or Liu-p'eng - ch'uan made entirely in wood and straw. The hull is narrow and flat bottomed and has a very high bow. The hull is carvel built and formed of wide horizontal planks pinned to a frame. Both the stern and the bow are flat. The superstructure is made of a semi circular lattice work of straw placed amidships and is held in place by a wooden or bamboo frame. There are doors fore and aft of the superstructure with geometric fretwork in the upper halves and painted panels below. The door frames are painted red and the fretwork and panel backgrounds are painted green. The fore and aft decks comprise a number of small hatch covers that appear to be individually removable. The model is equipped with a number of quant poles.
TRIM Reference GEN/36285
caption: Liu-pens ch'uan paper boat - starboard broadside
caption: Liu-pens ch'uan paper boat - starbaord stern quarter
caption: Liu-pens ch'uan paper boat - port three quarter bow
caption: Liu-pens ch'uan paper boat
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Science Museum boats models (representations) London | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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