Lantern boat Illustration.

Format:

Image

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Ships.

Watercolor painting, Chinese.

China.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 image)

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [1800-1805?]

Summary:

Chinese opaque watercolour. China/Canton style. 'Shui-loc-Sheun. Literally a Lantern boat. This kind of boat is decorated with lanterns on a particular festival of the Chinese which takes place in their Seventh month'. Inscribed: 'Boat for celebration of 'Middle of 7th month' festival (sacrifice to spirits on land and in water).

Notes:

Reference: c3054-05

Title from publisher's website.

Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 19, 2025).