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1886.1.386.1

Model of boat with hull painted in beige and painted pale blue inside. Frets have been cut into the side of the boat with metal rods inserted to create railings. Five upright lengths of wood are attached to the side of the boat each with four notches carved into the surface. There were two sections of broken pieces of wood that were found with the object and have been placed in a sample bag along with the boat. Metal hooks along the side of the boat. Painted red and yellow on the exterior. In the interior of the boat is a carved section of stone that is secured by the mast. Part of a model boat [1886.1.386 .1] with associated parts including separate back to the boat [1886.1.386 .2], parts of boat [1886.1.386 .3 & .4], paddle [1886.1.386 .5], long stick [1886.1.386 .6], round section [1886.1.386 .7] and a rudder [1886.1.386 .8] [ASh [OPS move] 19/09/2016]

1886.1.386.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Model of boat with hull painted in beige and painted pale blue inside. Frets have been cut into the side of the boat with metal rods inserted to create railings. Five upright lengths of wood are attached to the side of the boat each with four notches carved into the surface. There were two sections of broken pieces of wood that were found with the object and have been placed in a sample bag along with the boat. Metal hooks along the side of the boat. Painted red and yellow on the exterior. In the interior of the boat is a carved section of stone that is secured by the mast. Part of a model boat [1886.1.386 .1] with associated parts including separate back to the boat [1886.1.386 .2], parts of boat [1886.1.386 .3 & .4], paddle [1886.1.386 .5], long stick [1886.1.386 .6], round section [1886.1.386 .7] and a rudder [1886.1.386 .8] [ASh [OPS move] 19/09/2016]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Cultural groups
Japanese
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1878
Date collected
By 1878
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Pigment, Material Cane Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal Wire, Material Stone, Process Painted, Process Split, Process Inscribed, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: max 650 mm, Width: max 263 mm, Height: max 295 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.386.1 Other numbers: 101 351
Research and responses

* There is a note in the Ramsden collectors volume stating 'Retrospective numbers written in pencil down left hand column June 1975 E.S.G. Collated with A.M. but considerable problems encountered. All Ramsden seem to be in A.M.' Note that this exercise may have been the source of the confusion that occurred during Elizabeth Sandford Gunn's work on the Ashmolean collection with regard to numbers. In some instances, these numbers SEEM to have been used to number the objects (wrongly). [AP 16/7/99]

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