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Khara Khoto: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara

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十一面八臂觀音菩薩像

內蒙古自治區阿拉善盟額濟納旗黑水城出土

內蒙古自治區阿拉善盟額濟納旗黑水城出土。觀音作十一面八臂相,主面為白色,二側面為灰褐色、黃色,加上四層高髻的八面,共十一面。八臂中的主臂合十,持如意寶,餘六臂分持白蓮花、黃淨瓶、弓箭、黑念珠、結印和金法輪,坐於金剛座式的彩色蓮座上。後方靠背為石綠色,以黑線勾勒卷草紋樣。
 觀音帶多層頭光,下層主三面頭光為粉紅色,上層諸面頭光為白色橢圓形。頭光外圈有五道色彩,呈放射狀,最外層的大圓紅色背光,極為出色。
 觀音大紅背光上方的二位僧人,應為迦葉及阿難。左右兩側方格內為四天王,白色身相是東方持國天王,抱琵琶;綠色身相是北方多聞天王,執旗;青色身相者為南方增長天王,持利劍;紅色身相者為西方廣目天王,握白蛇。
 圖上方繪五方佛,呈典型西藏畫風。圖下方由左至右為馬頭觀音、白傘蓋佛母、摩利支天和度母,同坐於一個蓮座上。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 421.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Khara Khoto: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Khara Khoto: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:421.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Khara Khoto: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 421).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 421,
title = {{Khara Khoto: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara}},
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