Mandorla Relief
Clay
背光浮雕
傳原甘肅省敦煌市莫高窟
傳原位於甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟，據稱出自北區第77窟。此佛背光為泥塑彩繪，上方有淡青色金翅鳥，兩側是摩竭魚，張嘴吐信，狀似三叉，前爪踞於方形束腰台座上，身與尾部構成卷草紋圖形。其下依次有山羊、白象等動物圖案，背光外緣鑲滾白色雲氣紋，類似藏傳造像中明代（1368～1644）以後較為普遍的六拏具佛背光樣式。背光內緣依人形剪影鏤空，寬邊飾蓮葉與蓮花紋樣。
據專家考證，此件佛背光與莫高窟北區第77窟西壁影塑殘跡的尺寸、鏟切痕跡和風格皆吻合，推測原屬該洞窟佛像之背光。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 680.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mandorla Relief." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 680.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mandorla Relief" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:680.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mandorla Relief. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 680).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
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title = {{Mandorla Relief}},
volume = 11,
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