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Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana Crossing the Ocean

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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。此圖繪毗沙門天王率眾乘雲渡海向右行進。
 毗沙門天王披綠色帔帛,左手生出雲氣托住寶塔,右手持戟,雙肩騰起火焰。
 作品以連續不斷的波紋表現海水,遠方地平線上有連綿不斷的青山,而一行人乘駕的紫雲則始於圖的右上角,這是天王帶領聖眾橫渡大海巡查守護地域的情景。
 天王前方托金盤的女子為功德天,身著紅服;後方握金杯的白髮老人為婆藪仙,身著白服,袒上身。另有二膚色較白戴冠者為天王之子,其餘繪數身夜叉。夜叉中有一戴白色奇異帽子者,正作拉弓狀,似乎準備射向圖右上角飛翔的迦樓羅,象徵驅走邪惡的力量。
 作品繪製於九世紀。保存狀況完好,描繪精細,部分敷金,四邊的紫色邊框亦被保留下來,為敦煌絹畫精品之一。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 683.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana Crossing the Ocean." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 683.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana Crossing the Ocean" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:683.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana Crossing the Ocean. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 683).
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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 = 683,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana Crossing the Ocean}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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