Dubu Cave: Mythical Creatures
杜布石窟獸面神像
西藏札達
位於前室。壁畫屬敘事性的故事畫，內容除有佛菩薩、世俗人物及動植物等外，還有一些獸頭人身。此二神靈，獸面人身，頭上有角，角上繫有飄帶，呈立姿，全身幾乎赤袒，只在腰處繫裙，相對而舞動。其中左側神靈呈奔跑勢，雙手低持弓箭。右側神靈頭部似乎是鹿形，單腿舞立，雙手一上一下，持一劍狀武器。畫面左邊一女神雙手合十從蓮花中踊出，紅色頭光，推測應是護法神。畫工採用了強烈的凹凸暈染法，使黑灰色的神靈更顯活力和動感。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 315.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dubu Cave: Mythical Creatures." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 315.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dubu Cave: Mythical Creatures" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:315.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dubu Cave: Mythical Creatures. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 315).
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