1975年發現于韓國全羅南道新安郡海域的元代新安沉船,因其船貨類型豐富、文化來源多樣,是東亞貿易研究的珍貴標本;尤其是沉船集中出水的一批瓶壺容器,更是學界研析其時花器形態、組合與文化功能的重要資料。瓶花之制發展至宋元中國,無論是花瓶樣態的豐富、使用受眾的廣泛、還是社會功能的多樣,都體現出日常化、普及化的盛景。既有各擅所長的南北名窯,又得氣韻樸敦的仿古吉金;成對多居列寺社、家堂的香花供器,獨陳則躋身書齋、庭院的清供雅玩。而鐮倉中期以來,通過中日寺社貿易,經由日本禪僧的推動,精致的宋元花瓶大量流入日本,在禪林社會與武家階層的祭供、鑒藏活動中均扮演重要角色,并在其后的室町時代成為武家權門標示權利財富與賞鑒品位的儀物。這批來自沉船的瓷銅文物儼然一面可窺測中日文化的雙向鏡;瓶壺中存貯的,不僅是水酒禮料與香花之實,更是中世東亞社會文化傳播與儀制流變全方位、多層次的意象片段。

The cargo of Yuan Sinan Shipwreck,unearthed from the water of Sinan District,Jeollanam Province of Korea has precious sample for the research of East Asian trade.Especially,the unwatered containers in vase shapes are important materials for research on the contemporary flower vases’ shapes,object-combination and cultural functions.The vase-flower traditions gradually become routinized and popularized in Song and Yuan Dynasties in terms of the varied shapes,massive customers and multiple social functions.The vases include porcelain wares made in China’s famous kilns and metal wares imitating ancient bronze objects.Some of them were used as offering containers for worshipping deities or ancestors in temples or ancestral halls.Some function purely for leisure in literati study rooms.Since in mid Kamakura period,exquisite flower vases of Song Yuan periods were transported to Japan in large quantities.to meet the demand of Japan’s temples and monks.They played an important role in worshipping and collecting activities by the Japanese monks and warriors.They even became representatives of Ashikaga shogunate’s power and treasures.These remains from the shipwreck could reflect both Chinese and Japanese cultures.The vases bear not only wine and flowers but also the far-reaching cultural spread and ritual transformations.