File:A war junk RMG BHC1183.tiff
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Summary
anonymous: A war junk
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Chinese School, 19th century |
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| Title |
A war junk  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Genre |
marine art |
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| Description |
English: A war junk A 19th century portrait of a Chinese war junk dated about 1850. Throughout China's history, junks have been used as war ships. They usually have two or three sails and each mast is made of bamboo because of its strength. This junk is shown in full sail with a large number of figures on board. The warrior’s shields can be seen fixed to the side of the junk in between all the oars. Two lanterns are positioned at the stern with a small cannon in between and there are several guards visible. Small local craft can be seen near the ship, the one to the right is obviously a fishing vessel. The painting was produced for the United Art shop at Fo-Shan and is one of a pair. The companion painting features a trading junk, see BHC1182. |
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| Date | 1850 | |||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 735 mm x 1105 mm; Frame: 915 mm x 1255 mm x 70 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC1183 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12674 | |||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1934-78 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1(S), P8, 59 id number: BHC1183 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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| current | 09:01, 4 October 2017 |  | 7,200 × 4,908 (101.1 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1850), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12674 #2301 |
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