was constructed on a 1 to 12 scale. The model was also intentionally aged to look like a vessel that had seen service prior to is famous journey. The model is thought by some to be incorrect: the shape of the hull lacks the great curvature which is clearly and consistently shown in some of the many contemporary illustrations of the original vessel. However, the Currier print made at the time (part of the exhibit) does not show this. The exaggerations of other renditions probably resulted from western artists' being confused by the unfamiliar style of Keying'''s hull, particularly the high 'wings' either side of the bow, typical of the Fuzhou style, and the similarly elevated bulwarks of the poop deck. The actual sheerline of Fuzhou junks is not so extreme. Much of the confusion with respect to the Keying may come from reported bow and stern heights above the waterline that may have been for the tops of 'wings' and 'poop', not of the weather deck at bow and stern. The exaggerated measurements in most contemporary reports suggest it was the former, not the latter. The Museum model unquestionably fits the accounts of Keyings sea-keeping qualities better than a model with the bizarrely exaggerated curvatures shown in other contemporary illustrations. Such curvature was unknown in similar vessels: the acutely distorted waterlines that would result when heeled would have rendered the vessel unmanageable. These large trading junks moored off the waterfront of Guangzhou towards the end of the 19th century would have been broadly similar to the Keying and give us a better idea of how she may really have appeared than the contemporary images of her by western artists. See also Tek Sing, a larger Chinese junk sunk in Indonesia during the 19th century Princess Taiping, a modern replica of a Ming-dynasty junk that sailed from Taiwan to San Francisco and (almost) back in 2009 Notes References Brouwer, Norman. "New York's Unusual Chinese Visitor & the Junk Keying," Seaport Magazine 14, no. 2 (Summer 1980): 18–19. Borden, Charles A.Sea quest: small craft adventures from Magellan to Chichester Philadelphia: McRae Smith Co., 1967, Further reading Davies, Stephen. East Sails West. The Voyage of the Keying, 1846–1855, Hong Kong University Press, 2014. Wright, R.N.J. "The Keying Medallions", Appendix 6 in his book The Modern Coinage of China 1866–1949: The Evidence in Western Archives, Spink, 2012. Wittman, M., Chinese Junk Keying Medals,