Meanings
- misspellingMisspelling of Sijiangou.
In 1969, two pottery models were found in the Former Han tombs no. 8 and no. 24 at Sijian'gou^([sic – meaning Sijiangou]) 泗澗溝 in Jiyuan 濟源 (Henan).
2007, Hans Ulrich Vogel, “The Diffusion and Transmission of the Rotary-Fan Winnowing Machine from China to Europe: New Findings and New Questions”, in History of Technology, volume 27, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 82 more examples
A very similar granary with a light green glaze is illustrated in the Charles B. Hoyt Collection Catalogue, vol 1, pl. 16, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Compare also a related granary with a small cover found at Tulanghawang, South Sumatra and now in the Museum Pusat, Jakarta, published in Oriental Ceramics, The Worlds Great Collections, vol. 3, 1982, fig. 5, and another excavated from a tomb of the late Western or early Eastern Han dynasty in Sijian'gou^([sic – meaning Sijiangou]),[...]
1987, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, →OCLC, page 35In Sijian'gou^([sic – meaning Sijiangou]), in Jiyuan County, Henan, a late Western Han tomb yielded a representation of a new subject in Han sculpture, a glazed earthenware image identified as the mythical tree on Mount Peach Capital (cat. no. 28).
1987, Renbo Wang, “General Comments on Chinese Funerary Sculpture”, in Julia F. Andrews, transl., edited by Susan L. Caroselli, The Quest for Eternity: Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 50
Origin
- Mandarin泗澗溝 /泗涧沟
- EnglishSijian'gou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 泗澗溝 /泗涧沟 (Sìjiàngōu) erroneously rendered as Sìjiàn'gōu.
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