Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha
Ink and color on linen
Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha (detail)
佛坐像
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。三角形幡頭兩面繪佛像，佛雙目凝視下方，右手結說法印，左手持蓮蕾，坐於蓮座上。佛兩側裝飾花葉，賦彩以紅色為主。另一面的佛像左手置於膝上。此幡的邊緣略有磨損，其餘保存尚好。
幡，梵文pataka或ketu，音譯波多迦、波哆迦。古印度時期，武人用於統領軍隊、宣揚威勢之物。佛教則取之為佛、菩薩莊嚴具，顯現其降魔的威德。幡分為幡頭、幡身及幡足，其材質多以布料為主，亦見金銅、木等製品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 653.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 653.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:653.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Seated Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 653).
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