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Mogao Cave 17: Manjusri, Samantabhadra, and Four Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas

Ink and color on silk

四觀音及文殊普賢菩薩像

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。構圖分上下兩層,上層為四觀音,下層為文殊、普賢菩薩。其下邊緣畫八身供養人。中間榜書發願文「一為當今皇帝二為本使□/三為先父母及合□□□/無之災障□□/咸通五年(864)□」。
 上層四觀音皆立於蓮台上,中間二台為覆蓮,兩側為仰蓮;頭光上方覆華蓋,寶冠中有化佛。衣飾乃印度式樣,粉紅色皺褶衣袖與長裙則屬於中國風格。四尊形象大同小異,由像側榜題可知為觀音菩薩的四種化身。
 下層圖左普賢菩薩乘六牙白象,圖右文殊菩薩騎獅子。菩薩兩側脇侍各舉三重傘蓋。人物之寶冠、衣飾裝扮一致,皆著中國式衣裙。菩薩坐騎裝飾華麗,足踏蓮花,其旁各有一象奴、獅奴引繩控馭,造型雷同;白象左足前踏,獅子張口似吼,平添意趣。
 下沿右側跪坐一僧三信男,左側跪坐二尼二信女,其中婦女頭戴梳子的造型,與此後畫像作品常出現的簪子不同。
 此圖著色嫻熟自然,在輪廓勾勒線下猶可見著色前之起稿墨線。圖中菩薩頭光紋飾大抵為渦形雙雲與波狀彩虹紋交替呈現,中層主尊身光飾紋則更為豐富,內圈為心形、花瓣形,與外圈的尖角形組成璀璨的放射圖案。整體構圖對稱性與對比性極強。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 639.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Manjusri, Samantabhadra, and Four Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 639.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Manjusri, Samantabhadra, and Four Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:639.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Manjusri, Samantabhadra, and Four Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 639).
@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 = 639,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Manjusri, Samantabhadra, and Four Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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