本文先梳理十六世紀葡萄牙人赴中國定製陶瓷所開啟的陶瓷貿易活動之前，零星見於歐洲的中國陶瓷被改變原有用途的幾種情況。其次，以陶瓷瓷釉開片（碎器）圖像為例嘗試追索歐洲消費者對於中國碎器的認知或想像。結論認為：中國碎器及其圖像除了引發歐洲人馬賽克的想像之外，彩色玻璃鑲嵌畫可能也是他們連想的對象。

This study examines the altered uses of Chinese ceramics sporadically found in Europe before the Portuguese arrived in China for ceramic customization and thus opened up the ceramic trade in the sixteenth century. Subsequently, the images of ceramic glaze crazing (crazed ceramics) are used as an example to explore European consumers’ conception or imagination of Chinese crazed ceramics. Finally, this study concludes that, in addition to inspiring the European imagination of mosaics, Chinese crazed ceramics and their images could have been associated with stained glass mosaics in Europe.

開片; 碎器; 馬賽克; 彩色玻璃鑲嵌

crazing; crazed ceramics; mosaics; stained colored glass mosaicsp