Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana
Ink and color on paper
毗沙門天王像
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。為十世紀作品。天王像幾乎占滿整個畫面，右上角有一榜題「北方大聖毗沙門天王」。據作品右下方直書的和田文記載，得知此畫是一位非漢族人士為求長壽而供養。和田文為由左至右橫書的格式，然此處採直書，為一特點。
天王為正面立像，戴寶冠，鎧甲護身，著長靴，由山岳中一地天張開雙手承托；左手托寶塔，右手執三叉戟。寶塔以紅色線描，完成於手掌賦色之後，上部畫入榜題中。整體以青、紅、橙、黑色為主。圖右下角略微缺損。圖頂端左右黏貼小紙片作成的圈套，可能是為了便於貼在壁面或吊掛之用。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 680.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 680.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:680.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 680).
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