Bamiyan Niche I: Seated Buddhas and Heavenly Dancers (detail) (prior to destruction)
巴米揚石窟I洞坐佛及伎樂天
阿富汗巴米揚
原位於巴米揚（Bamiyan）石窟I洞洞頂，已毀損。I洞位於巴米揚石窟西段，西大佛佛龕東側。約開鑿於八世紀。縱券式龕頂繪有坐佛列像，兩側並繪有伎樂天。
坐佛結跏趺坐，有頭光，五色舉身光，舉身光外沿有聯珠紋。圖像依稀可辨者有四尊，由下至上，依序第一尊佛坐像，戴頭飾，偏袒右肩，雙手結印，右手置於胸前，左手置於腹前。第二尊，衣著華麗，袈裟外有裝飾性的披肩，手佩腕釧，左手持小鉢，右手置於胸前，頭戴豎立寶冠，左右冠帶呈飄動狀。第三尊，偏袒右肩，手結說法印。第四尊似菩薩。坐佛光環外兩側空隙處，繪有白鬚髮者，有頭光，似聖者。
佛坐像兩側各繪有一列伎樂天，兩兩相對，頭戴冠，頸佩項圈，腕飾釧，肌色呈深淺層次之分。伎樂天姿勢多樣，或奏樂，或舞蹈，帔帛飄揚，具有動感。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 102.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bamiyan Niche I: Seated Buddhas and Heavenly Dancers." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 102.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bamiyan Niche I: Seated Buddhas and Heavenly Dancers" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:102.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bamiyan Niche I: Seated Buddhas and Heavenly Dancers. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 102).
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