Decoration of Chinese Junks - Free Download

Decorative motifs on Chinese junks. From Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 3: Ornementation et Types by L. Audemard. Plate 60.

Now available for free download is Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 3: Ornementation et Types, by L. Audemard, published in 1960 by the Museum Voor Land en Volkenkunde and Miritiem Museum "Prins Hendrik", which have given us permission to post it here. Scans were made available to us by an enthusiast who wishes to remain anonymous. 

Like Vol. 2: Construction de la Jonque, which we posted last week, the work is in French but is worthwhile to anyone interested in traditional Chinese watercraft on account of its wonderful illustrations. And of course Google Translate is available to help non-Francophones understand the text. 

We plan to steadily add more resources to our page of free downloads of books about boats of China and Southeast Asia.

Launching ceremony for a small boat, with small ribbons inscribed with propitious text on the transom, and incense burning fore and aft. From Les Jonques Chinoises, Vol. 3: Ornementation et Types by L. Audemard. Plate 88.