Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha
Ink and color on silk
佛傳圖
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。繪製於九世紀。畫幡分為四個場景，由上而下第一、二段繪輪寶、主兵臣寶（將軍）、女寶、居士寶（主藏寶）、象寶、馬寶、珠寶，合稱七寶，各以一團雲承托著。其中，圖左上方掌旗者，旗上書「左一將」，即為主兵臣寶。
第三段為悉達多太子降誕後九龍灌水的情節。太子立於盆中，旁邊圍著侍女，上方九龍群聚形成烏雲。
第四段為剛出生的太子向四方各行七步，其一手指天一手指地，說道：「天上天下，唯我獨尊」。
第一至三段以雲朵巧妙地區隔。七寶的二個場景中，人物分向而立，榜題亦左、右交錯，整個畫面取得很好的平衡感。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 622.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 622.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:622.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 622).
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