Donting Ho small Sampan

Current boat name

Donting Ho small Sampan

Boat class

7455

Function

Fishing and Hunting

Type

Open boat

Length (m / ft)

6.88 / 22ft 7in

Place of build

Donting Ho

Present use

Store

Donting Hu sampan.This small sampan comes from Donting Hu, the furthest west of three large lake complexes along the Yangtze River in Hunan Province, China.This is a general purpose boat, using several methods of fishing, but more than that, it was the permanent year round home of the owner and his son. There are many family fleets composed of this style of boat, living together in amongst the numerous low islands that surround the lake and its many offshoots. Each boat is visited on a regular basis by fish merchants in larger sampans, who then convey the fish, which have been kept alive in the fish holds in the forward part of the boat, in this case Yue Yang. This boat was given to the museum by John Swire & Sons, one of the great trading companies of Hong Kong. DG The smaller of two sampans from Donting Hu was used for fishing and has wet fish holds in the fore part of the boat. GH 29 /3/17 Sold at EISCA Auction 26/07/2017 to Private owner