Bamiyan West Buddha Niche: Apsaras (west side) (prior to destruction)
巴米揚石窟西大佛龕飛天圖
阿富汗巴米揚
原位於巴米揚（Bamiyan）石窟西大佛龕大佛肩部東、西側壁凸出的部分，已毀損。原各有一列飛天圖，每一橢圓光中以三飛天為一組，分成五組，每組中間飛天身形略大。飛天有散花、合掌及捧香爐等不同姿勢。東側壁飛天中有持戟天神和三眼天神，圓光間飾朵朵蓮蕾；西側壁中間飛天側身取後方飛天托盤中的供花，準備散花供佛。前方一組飛天合掌、捧供物，面向大佛。
飛天身軀輪廓線條細膩，眼呈杏仁形，眼角線細長。中間飛天頸佩瓔珞，戴腕釧、臂釧，與龕頂菩薩坐像裝飾相同。屈腿，呈飛躍姿勢。隨風飄動之裙裳，顯示翱翔之躍動，令整體構圖更具動感。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 104.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bamiyan West Buddha Niche: Apsaras." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 104.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bamiyan West Buddha Niche: Apsaras" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:104.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bamiyan West Buddha Niche: Apsaras. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 104).
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