COLOURFUL ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING OF CHINESE JUNK BOATS

INCREDIBLE COLOURFUL AND ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE JUNKS IN HONG KONGS HARBOUR.

MANY FAMOUS HONG KONG ARTISTS PAINTED CHINESE JUNK BOATS AMONG OTHER FC CHEUNG, PW CHENG AND ST YOUNG. THIS PAINTING IS HOWEVER UNSIGNED.

PAINTED ON CANVAS AND MOUNTED ON WOODEN FRAME WITH HANGING CORD AT BACK.
 
ORIGINAL: IT IS 100 PERCENT ORIGINAL. SEE PHOTOS PLEASE.

SIZE PAINTING: 121CM WIDE 60CM HIGH

Condition: IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
EVER HEARD OF THE CHINESE JUNK BOAT? A JUNK IS A CHINESE SAILING VESSEL THAT WERE ONCE AMONG THE MOST POWERFUL AND EASY NAVIGABLE SHIPS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.
A junk is a Chinese sailing vessel that were traveling across oceans as early as the second century BC. They incorporated numerous technical advances in sail plan and hull designs that were later adopted in Western shipbuilding.
Besides having a cool name, the sturdy, lightweight junk is known for being the first ship to feature a rudder mounted on its stern for steering. The Chinese junk ship was among the most powerful and easily navigable ships in the ancient world.
The strong build of these ships allowed Chinese explorers to venture far and wide. Ancient Chinese coins have been found in India and even the eastern shores of Africa!
When Marco Polo wrote about these ships, most were quite large, with 50 to 60 cabins onboard. By the 15th century, however, junks had become colossal in size! These massive, well-built ships were said to be 400 feet long and 160 feet wide (thats 40 stories from bow to stern and 16 stories from starboard to port)!
One of the unique features of the junks were the shape of their sails, which were very different from those of Western ships. Chinese junks were not square-rigged; they had elliptical, curved sails, which were reinforced with inner bars made of bamboo. Because the bamboo kept the sails strong, less rigging was needed. It also prevented the sails themselves from fraying and rotting as quickly as they otherwise would have.
The ingenuity and strength of these ships have allowed them to continue to be used today. Some junks are used for tourism; however there are still junks that are used for fishing and trade in the coastal waters and rivers of China, Japan, and Indonesia and all over South East Asia.

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