Mogao Cave 17: Traveling Monk
Ink and color on paper
行腳僧像
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。此作右下角缺損。
行腳僧手持麈尾，背裝經卷的書箱，身旁老虎跟隨。僧人外貌異於中原人士，高鼻深目，花白長眉，腳穿草鞋，衣衫襤褸，表現出長途行腳勞累卻不畏艱辛的神情。
圖左上方繪一尊坐佛，駕雲而來，雲朵尾端拉長，表現坐佛是從右而左飛來。
此類行腳僧像，在藏經洞出土的繪畫中約有數件，對後人描繪唐玄奘取經的形象有強烈影響。此圖為九世紀末之作品。色彩多處脫落，二處榜題均未題字。線條表現較為灑脫，並無細膩的描繪。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 676.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Traveling Monk." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 676.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Traveling Monk" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:676.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Traveling Monk. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 676).
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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 = 676,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Traveling Monk}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}