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Mogao Cave 17: Buddha Teaching the Dharma (detail)

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Mogao Cave 17: Buddha Teaching the Dharma (detail)

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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。此圖為敦煌絹畫中保存較好的作品之一,與敦煌石窟之隋(581~618)及初唐(618~712)的壁畫比對,又從主尊的華蓋、蓮座和圖左下角女供養人的畫法和構圖方式,以及採用白色表現臉部和身軀高起處的凹凸法,推斷為八世紀初的作品。
 圖中為一佛、二菩薩、二供養菩薩及六弟子組合。主尊釋迦牟尼佛青髮,高肉髻,著紅色通肩袈裟,手結說法印,結跏趺坐於蓮座上,為說法相。頂上為珠網交錯的華蓋,後方菩提樹十分茂盛。佛兩側菩薩皆戴化佛寶冠,佩瓔珞,披透明帔帛,蓮座敷以紅色及青色;身後各有三位比丘,表情不一,眉毛先以一條曲線勾勒出眉形,再以數條墨線描繪。佛左側的供養菩薩手握淨瓶;右側者則背向觀者,手執蓮花胡跪,面向主尊。
 華蓋旁繪散花飛天,其中一尊僅見一臂及帔巾,另一尊則保留完好;另繪向上飛起的飛天,僅見雲路。圖左下方有身著胡服的女供養人,跪坐於方毯上;圖右下角已殘損,僅見男供養人的襆頭。
 佛的蓮座、束腰金剛座下緣及華蓋上裝飾著華麗雲紋。佛座前繪一碑形榜,供書寫願文之用,其餘人物旁邊皆有空白榜題。全幅人物位置交錯,雖都向著主尊,但動勢不一,透明的頭光表現手法更添空間感。全幅描繪精細,為敦煌絹畫之精品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 574.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Buddha Teaching the Dharma." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 574.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Buddha Teaching the Dharma" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:574.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Buddha Teaching the Dharma. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 574).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
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 = 574,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Buddha Teaching the Dharma}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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