美国波士顿美术馆藏中国道教造像

On the Taoism Image Statues Collected in Museum of Fine Art Boston Art

美国波士顿美术馆收藏中国道教造像十二件,主要在二十世纪初入馆。这批造像的时代范围从北魏延续至明代,大部分是石质,个别为瓷质。造像多数带有题记铭文和发愿文,具有明确纪年,反映了中国道教造像的发展历程。

There are 12 Chinese Taoist image statues in the Museum of Fine Art Boston. Most of them were collected at the beginning of 20th century. Major of the image statues are stone sculpture, only one is porcelain. The times of them are from the North Wei Dynasty to Ming Dynasty. Those image statues reflected the development course of Chinese Taoist image statues, because majority of them were carved with inscription which record clearly the time of made.