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Mogao Cave 17: Canopy

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麻繪蓮花紋華蓋

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唐代(618~907)佛殿莊嚴具,推測原應以竿高懸於佛座或高座之上。以麻類植物製成,因保存完好,顯得珍貴而罕見。
 華蓋呈正方形,棕褐色麻地。中間為三重同心圓,內圈繪一朵盛蓮,外圍兩圈皆飾八片飽滿的蓮瓣。四隅亦採同心圓設計,但僅現出四分之一,其餘空間飾流雲般的線條和蓮瓣。蓮花和華蓋均為佛教的八吉祥,是莊嚴壇場的主要供物。
 華蓋四邊有垂下的長幅布邊,以鮮豔的色彩表現圖紋,類此壇場帷幔的圖像設計應源自敦煌。雖歷經千年,麻布的桃紅及棕褐色仍然清晰可辨。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 199.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Canopy." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 199.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Canopy" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:199.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Canopy. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 199).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 199,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Canopy}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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