Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha
Ink and color on silk
佛傳圖
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。繪製於十世紀上半葉。畫幡描繪悉達多太子自迦毗羅衛城四門出遊，遇見老、病、死及修行人等四個情節，發生在左右交錯的四座城門前，場景由上而下展開。
第一個場景是太子出城門遇執杖老人。第二個場景則見到由看護扶起的病人。第三個場景為目擊送葬的場面；亡者被紅布覆蓋著，旁有蓬髮高舉雙臂悲號的白服送葬人。最後的場景是太子與拄錫杖的修行人相會，生起求道之心。
圖中太子騎著紅鬃毛的白馬，著唐裝，已是完全漢化的形象。地面繪有綠草並點綴紅色的鮮花。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 625.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 625.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:625.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 625).
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