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Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Vaisravana

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觀音及毗沙門天王像

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。此圖主要畫並立的觀音菩薩與毗沙門天王像。觀世音菩薩綰髮戴冠,面相方圓,寬肩細腰,頸佩項圈,飾瓔珞,臂繞帔帛,左手上舉托淨瓶,右手下垂執折枝蓮花。腰束帶,下繫長裙,跣足立於蓮台上。
 毗沙門天王頭束高髻,戴寶冠,濃眉大眼,唇上及頷下有鬍鬚,面容威武,身披盔甲,左手托塔,右手握三叉戟,分足而立。
 圖下為僧人與優婆夷供養像,二供養人之間有題記,故知此圖乃五代後唐天成五年(930)董文員為父母「神生淨土」、長兄身體「染患」而捐資製作。作品線條流暢,造型準確,賦色清麗,反映了五代(907~960)民間佛教畫像的特色。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 558.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Vaisravana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 558.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Vaisravana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:558.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Vaisravana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 558).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 558,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Vaisravana}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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