Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha Buddha and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas
Ink and color on silk
毗盧遮那佛及八大菩薩像
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。主尊毗盧遮那佛戴寶冠，雙手結印，結跏趺坐於金剛座上的蓮座；畫面下方可見金色沙洲和鳥群。
佛上方繪一寶蓋，身側各有四尊菩薩，其左側由上而下為觀音、除蓋障、普賢及金剛手菩薩，右側由上至下為慈氏、地藏、文殊及虛空藏菩薩。靠近主尊的四菩薩身旁皆有藏文標記尊名，地藏及文殊則分持寶珠及經篋。
此圖在金色沙州和鳥群下方繪菱形紋飾帶，是敦煌出土的畫作之特色；飾帶下右邊繪極小的女供養人像。
作品以青色為底，現已全部褪色。由圖中西藏風格的菩薩畫風，得知此為九世紀作品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 535.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha Buddha and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 535.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha Buddha and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:535.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha Buddha and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 535).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 535,
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