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Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra

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Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra (detail)

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Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra (detail)

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Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra (detail)

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Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra (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。屬九世紀作品。以三幅寬約56公分的絹組成,多處損毀。此圖依據《藥師琉璃光如來本願功德經》繪製,表現東方淨土的莊嚴世界。結構龐大完整,其天宮、樓閣、寶台描繪精緻,兩側以飾帶區隔主圖與兩邊的條幅。條幅主題為九橫死及十二大願,內有榜題搭配情節。
 圖正中央繪藥師佛結跏趺坐,作說法相,脇侍日光菩薩、月光菩薩分坐兩旁,周圍環繞菩薩、天王、天人等。佛前設案,案前寶台有一舞伎及二童子,隨著兩旁樂伎的吹奏騰空而舞,其中一童子拍打著懸掛的鼓,舞伎前方出現迦陵頻伽,鼓樂齊鳴,形成歡樂的場面。
 左右外側寶台上各立一佛二脇侍,其中一尊脇侍的帔帛隨意飄落搭於勾欄上,顯出畫家的巧思。最前方兩端的寶台上十二藥叉神將分坐左右;中央蓮池中生長出小樹及承托著小菩薩的蓮花,靠近下方飾帶的金沙灘上有鷗鳥展翅歌唱。淨土四隅分繪千手觀音、千鉢文殊、如意輪觀音及不空●(上四+下絹)索觀音,營造出密教曼荼羅的氛圍。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 601.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 601.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:601.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 601).
@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 = 601,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Medicine Buddha Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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