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Sutra Chest Panel with Maha Ummagga Jataka (detail)

木漆佛本生圖經箱板

緬甸

緬甸十八世紀末至十九世紀初經箱殘留之板面,表面線刻典雅華麗的紋飾,實屬雕工精緻的作品。
 板呈長方形,木質,通體髹金漆地,以南傳《本生經》第五四六則大隧道本生故事為場景,描繪佛陀於過去世為彌梯羅國智臣大藥賢者之部分事蹟。四周以蓮花作邊框,內繪彌梯羅國王(左)、鬱多羅般闍羅國王(中央)及大藥賢者(右)等所住之三座宮殿。
 板面左側為彌梯羅國王欲測試大藥賢者,如何智取池中映現之摩尼寶珠。大藥賢者告知,此珠不在池中,而在多羅樹上,王獲得此珠而大喜。
 板面中央上方刻劃敵國秋拉尼王率軍攻打彌梯羅國都城。板面右側為大藥賢者所建的宮殿及隧道,經由隧道可直抵恆河對岸的秋拉尼王宮攻陷敵國。
 此作題材內容豐富,圖紋精緻。其特徵為每一景均附題文解說,約五十多條榜題。板面上方鐫滿銘文,部分已漫漶不清,故無法確認其製作日期。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 325.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Sutra Chest Panel with Maha Ummagga Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 325.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Sutra Chest Panel with Maha Ummagga Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:325.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Sutra Chest Panel with Maha Ummagga Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 325).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 325,
title = {{Sutra Chest Panel with Maha Ummagga Jataka}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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