丝路见证之唐代外销瓷

Witnesses of the Silk Road: Export Porcelain of the Tang Dynasty

本文简介了唐代对外贸易的盛况及外销陶瓷的种类与特色,并通过唐代“黑石”号沉船和它的主要货物——长沙窑陶瓷,大大地扩展了我们对唐代外销瓷的认知与了解。“黑石”号沉船是在印度尼西亚水域发现的亚洲最古老的船只,提供了中国和中东国家通过海上丝绸之路进行繁荣贸易的最早证据。长沙窑为唐代外销瓷带来了不一样的风格,成为陶瓷史上创新的里程碑。

This article briefl y introduces the grand occasion of foreign trade in the Tang Dynasty and the types and characteristics of exported ceramics, and greatly expands our cognition and understanding of related knowledge through the sunken ship of the "Black Stone" in the Tang Dynasty and its main cargo-Changsha kiln ceramics. The wreck of the Black Stone, the oldest ship in Asia discovered in Indonesian waters,provides the earliest evidence of thriving trade between China and Middle Eastern countries via the Maritime Silk Road. The Changsha kiln brought a dif ferent style to the export porcelain of the Tang dynasty and became a milestone of innovation in the history of ceramics.