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東千佛洞第7窟

甘肅瓜州

位於東岸中部,坐東向西。開鑿於西夏(1032~1227),清代(1644~1911)重修。平面長方形,寬4.4公尺,進深7.8公尺。內有中心塔柱,正面(西面)開一龕,為清代重修,龕內壁畫水平不高,龕外浮塑背屏。塔柱南、北面上方繪垂幔,下方畫八臂、十一面八臂觀音各一尊。東面繪涅槃變。
 前部穹窿頂,後部甬道為平頂。後甬道東壁正中繪說法圖,南側屏風畫繪一尊頭戴寶瓶冠的大勢至菩薩,北側屏風繪一尊頭戴化佛冠的觀音菩薩。南、北壁各畫密教尊像、淨土變相、接引佛等。西壁開門道,門南側繪一身金剛,北側壁畫損毀。
 東千佛洞保存較多大幅的經變畫,本窟前部南壁的西方淨土變相可謂其中的代表。法會諸眾、亭台樓閣,布局繁而不亂,匠心獨具,壁畫雖磨損過重,仍不失為經變畫中的上乘之作,同時也為研究古建築提供了資料。
 裝飾圖案是西夏壁畫中重要的組成部分。窟中後甬道頂的雙鳳卷草紋圖案畫風細膩、工整,構圖飽滿、色澤豔麗,也是不可多得的佳作。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 337.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Eastern Thousand Buddha Cave 7." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 337.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Eastern Thousand Buddha Cave 7" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:337.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Eastern Thousand Buddha Cave 7. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 337).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 337,
title = {{Eastern Thousand Buddha Cave 7}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}


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