Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols (detail)
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Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols (detail)
供養天女圖
蒙古
此二幅圖之供養天女像，皆整齊地排成二列，天女一手持鮮花及香爐等各種供品，一手在空中舞動。曲膝單足而立，另一腿在身前提起，身體隨手足的舞動呈優雅的曲線。天女戴寶冠，袒上身，披帔帛，下繫腰裙及彩褲，裝扮一致。上排天女白膚，下排天女則有紅、白、棕、藍等各種膚色。以起伏的山丘、植物花葉及雲彩為背景，為畫面增添了熱烈祥和的氣氛。
其中一幅上部帷幕間飾珠串，天女下方繪有殿宇、袍服、馬靴、犀角及象牙等寶物。另一幅則在天女下方繪製八吉祥物，畫面由左至右為傘蓋、雙魚、寶瓶、蓮花、寶螺、吉祥結、勝利幢及寶輪等，表達對佛陀的頂禮讚頌與虔誠奉獻。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 330.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 330.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:330.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Heavenly Beings and the Eight Auspicious Symbols. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 330).
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