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In 1975, Marilyn Rhie published her study ‘A T’ang Period Stele 1975年，麗艾（Marilyn Rhie）發表了〈A T’ang
Inscription and Cave XXI at T’ien-Lung Shan’ (Archives of Asian Art, Period Stele Inscription and Cave XXI at T’ien-Lung
vol. 28 (1974/75), pp.6-33). Her purpose was to establish a date as
early as 703 for construction of some cave temples at Tianlongshan, Shan（唐代碑文與天龍山第11窟）〉（Archives of
located near Taiyuan City in Shansi. Three statues included in her Asian Art，vol. 28（1974/75），頁6-33）。論文為
study are also of great help in establishing when this marble Maitreya 位於山西太原附近的天龍山境內部分的石窟寺，確立
fragment was carved. The first statue is the gray limestone Buddha 始建日期為703年。研究中的三尊佛像，亦有助我們
in the Shodo Hakubutsukan, Tokyo, dated by inscription to 711
(illustrated p.16, Fig.14; 49 1/4in [125cm] high). The second is the 為此大理石彌勒佛身像斷代。三尊佛像之一，為東
diminutive white marble headless Buddha, dated by inscription to 京書道博物館藏、附有711年題刻的一尊灰岩佛像（
717 (p.16, Fig.16; 12 1/8in [30.8cm] high; now in the Metropolitan 圖板見頁16，圖14；49 1/4寸 [125釐米] 高）。第二
Museum of Art, accession number 1985.214.14 3, published as 尊，為大都會藝術博物館藏、附有717年題刻的小型
possibly from Hebei province in Denise Patry Leidy and Dana
Strathan, Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture 白大理石佛身像（頁16，圖16；12 1/8寸 [30.8釐米]
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art [2010], p.175). The third is the 高；現藏大都會藝術博物館, 收藏編號1985.214.143
white marble Amitabha Buddha with an incomplete base from the ，Denise Patry Leidy and Dana Strathan，Wisdom
Qinglongsi in Chang’an, now in the Eisei Bunko Foundation, Tokyo
(illustrated p.16, Fig.15; also published in Siren, Chinese Sculpture, Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture
volume II, p.27 and Plate 406A, listed as 30in [76cm] high; height of in the Metropolitan Museum of Art [2010]，頁175
the image listed as 57.6cm [22in] when the statue appeared in the 中指出此佛像可能出自河北省）。第三尊，為東京永
Nara National Museum exhibition Nihon Bukkyo bijutsu no genryu 青文庫藏、連長安青龍寺殘座的白大理石阿彌陀佛
[Sources of Japanese Art], 29 April to 11 June, 1978, p.36. No.34,
as eighth century). Also of note may be the seated Maitreya now 佛像（圖板見頁16，圖15；亦見於Siren，Chinese
in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, given to the Sculpture，volume II，頁27及圖版406A，記錄為30
Museum by the Ernest Erickson estate. A date of 711 for thivirtually 寸 [76釐米]高；奈良國立博物館展覽《日本 教美術の
complete dark brown stone figure with a mandorla framing his head, 源流》（1978年4月29日至6月11日，頁36，No.34則
based on its resemblance to the massive Amitabha in the Shodo
Hakubutsukan (see Jan Wirgin (ed) et al, Ernest Ericksen Collections 記錄為 57.6釐米 [22寸] 高、八世紀）。同樣值得留意
in Swedish Museums [Ostasiatiska Museet,, Stockholm, 1989] no. 的，是Ernest Erickson Estate贈予斯德哥爾摩東方博物
62, pp. 66-7, 61cm [24in] high]; also published in Siren, Chinese 館之彌勒佛坐像 坐像。此石像呈極深棕色，頭後設橢
Sculpture Vol. II, p. 21 and PL. 380). http://collections.smvk.se/
carlotta-om/web/object/101392 圓背光，與書道博物館藏大型阿彌陀佛佛像相似，故判
斷日期為711年（見Jan Wirgin編，<i>Ernest Ericksen
Collections in Swedish Museums</i> [Ostasiatiska
Museet，Stockholm，1989] no. 62，頁 66-7，61釐米
[24寸] 高]；亦見於Siren，Chinese Sculpture Vol. II，
頁21及圖版380）。http://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-
om/web/object/101392

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