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Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

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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。觀音頭戴化佛寶冠,帶圓形頭光及火焰紋大背光,左手托火焰寶珠置於膝上,右手結說法印,坐於蓮座上。二脇侍皆抱著大卷軸,從榜題得知,此二脇侍為善、惡童子,記錄著人一生的善、惡業。善、惡童子上方各繪一童子飛天跪於雲端,此圖左上角榜題書「南无觀世音菩薩」。
 圖下方中央題記兩側繪上下二列供養人,男、女供養人各四身,依長幼尊卑排列站立,手持長柄香爐,或供物,或雙手籠袖,態度恭謹,身旁榜題書寫供養人姓名。中央題記清晰可辨,詳載時為太平興國八年(983)七月十七日。
 此幅畫除了有明確紀年外,整體略約保存當初的狀態,以綠、橙色為主,色調明快。絹畫周緣的多種色布是原來的,背面則以新紙襯底穩固,軸桿為後來新加。這種小幅供養畫顯示出十世紀下半葉佛教美術之特質。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 556.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 556.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:556.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 556).
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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 = 556,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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