明代巴考沉船及其出水陶瓷初探

A Preliminary Study of the Bakau Shipwreck and Ceramics from It of Ming Dynasty

巴考沉船是一艘发现于印度尼西亚海域与郑和下西洋同时代的中国沉船,对研究明初海禁政策下中国海上丝绸之路贸易具有重要意义。本文重点介绍了提尔曼·沃特法先生捐赠给湖南省博物馆的38件巴考沉船出水陶瓷,由此管窥明代初期海上丝绸之路的陶瓷外销情况。同时结合沉船上其他货物,对沉船的具体年代和性质等问题进行了初步探讨。

The Bakau shipwreck,a Chinese boat sunken at the same time of Zheng He’s voyage to the west and discovered in the sea area of Indonesia,is of great significance to the study of trade along the Chinese maritime silk road under the early Ming Dynasty policy of a ban on maritime trade or intercourse with foreign countries.This paper focuses on the38 pieces of ceramics from the Bakau shipwreck donated to the Hunan Museum by Mr.Tilman Walterfang and looks into the export of ceramics along the maritime silk road in the early Ming Dynasty.It also preliminarily explores such issues as the date and nature of the shipwreck in combination with other goods on the boat.