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Mogao Cave 17: Embroidery of the Buddha Teaching the Dharma at Vulture Peak

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Mogao Cave 17: Embroidery of the Buddha Teaching the Dharma at Vulture Peak - Left Attendant Bodhisattva (detail)

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Mogao Cave 17: Embroidery of the Buddha Teaching the Dharma at Vulture Peak - Lion (left side)

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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。為唐代(618~907)罕見的巨幅刺繡作品。圖作長方形,以本色絹背襯本色麻布的雙層繡地,表現出釋迦牟尼佛靈鷲山說法的宏偉氣勢。
 中央主尊為釋迦牟尼佛,高肉髻,髮敷藏青色,面貌豐圓,眉眼細長,身軀作金黃色。著赤色袒右袈裟,袈裟左側衣緣繪以弧形圖紋;內著僧祇支,下繫長裙,跣足立於仰蓮台上。右手伸掌向地,左手執袈裟衣角。後有圓形頭光及蓮瓣形舉身光;舉身光外緣以岩石為背景,寓意釋迦於靈鷲山說法。頭上方為藍色華蓋,華蓋兩側各有一飛天。蓮台下方兩側雙獅回首張口,象徵佛說法。
 佛兩側各有一弟子和菩薩像,均立於仰蓮台上。菩薩髮髻高綰,戴寶冠,面貌慈祥,帶多重圓形頭光。弟子像僅存頭部,身已殘損。
 圖右下方繡五位男供養人像,皆呈跪姿。其一為僧人;另三人均頭包黑色軟巾,穿著青色圓領袍,身後立有一男侍者。左下方繡四位女供養人,跪姿,頭梳髮髻,身穿齊胸裙,外披巾帛;旁跪有一男童,身後立一侍女。供養人身旁繡題記「義明供養」、「一心供養」,部分字跡無法辨識。
 此圖運用各色絲線,以劈針針法繡製而成,色彩豐富。各尊像布列於空間、進深得宜,展現出刺繡的空間感及量感,實屬難得。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 200.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Embroidery of the Buddha Teaching the Dharma at Vulture Peak." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 200.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Embroidery of the Buddha Teaching the Dharma at Vulture Peak" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:200.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Embroidery of the Buddha Teaching the Dharma at Vulture Peak. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 200).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 200,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Embroidery of the Buddha Teaching the Dharma at Vulture Peak}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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