Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Tunxi.
The lei of Pl. 49b, also excavated in Shensi, comes from the same atelier. A yu from T‘un-hsi in Anhui confirms the Western Chou date of the chih in Pl. 38 (Burlington House Catalogue 1973, no. 97).
1977, William Watson, “Preface to Second Edition”, in Ancient Chinese Bronzes (The Arts of the East), 2nd edition, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172 more examples
[…]T’un-hsi in Anhwei,⁴² Ch’i-ch’un⁴³ and Chiang-ling⁴⁴ in Hupei, and Kuang-han in Szechwan;⁴⁵ that is, throughout the Yangtze Valley. The glazed pottery from T’un-hsi is so similar to that at Chang-chia-p’o in technique of manufacture and mineral composition that scholars are convinced the Chang-chia-p’o pottery was imported from the south.⁴⁶
1976, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271What Loehr called the Middle Western Chou is the probable starting point, that is, during the mid-eleventh century B.C.⁵⁸ when a breakdown in the old order of Phase I can be documented. For instance, a yu found at T'un-hsi, Anhui, (Plate 19) is decorated with intertwining birds both on the belly and lid and exemplifies this conversion.
1979, Katheryn McAllister Linduff, Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93
Origin
- Mandarin屯溪
- EnglishT'un-hsi
From Mandarin 屯溪 (Túnxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻun²-hsi¹.
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