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Gaochang: Two-Headed Buddha

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雙頭瑞像

原新疆維吾爾自治區吐魯番市高昌故城佛教遺址

新疆維吾爾自治區吐魯番市高昌故城佛教遺址出土。畫幡上繪雙頭四臂佛像,帶頭光及橢圓形身光,立於蓮台上。佛首分視左右二邊,圖左側佛左手托鉢於胸前,右臂向上屈舉,低頭俯視供養人,供養人已難以辨識;右側佛左臂向上屈舉,右手握衣角。造像以細墨線繪出,略用褐色表現衣褶層次。三角形幡頭繪有坐佛,最上方縫有細繩,作品大部分色彩已剝落。這種雙頭瑞像在玄奘《大唐西域記》中可見記戴。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 276.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Gaochang: Two-Headed Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 276.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Gaochang: Two-Headed Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:276.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Gaochang: Two-Headed Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 276).
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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 A-H},
pages = 276,
title = {{Gaochang: Two-Headed Buddha}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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