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Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra

Ink and color on silk

觀無量壽經變相

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。依據《觀無量壽經》繪製。繪於二塊絹縫合併接的布面上,由上而下分為西方淨土、未生怨及十六觀、供養人像等三部分。未生怨及十六觀繪於主題淨土畫面下方,與一般繪於畫幅兩側迥異。
 占據大部分幅面的西方淨土畫面居上,以阿彌陀佛為中心,兩旁是觀音菩薩和大勢至菩薩,弟子、菩薩圍繞聽法。露台上有伎樂舞蹈、奏樂,綠色寶池中有蓮花及化生童子。佛身後建築物表現天宮樓閣,最上層左、右樓閣中有大鐘及太鼓。
 中段右半部為未生怨,描繪阿闍世太子幽禁頻婆娑羅王的故事;左半部為十六觀,表現佛為韋提希夫人闡述的種種觀想,僅取其中數個場景繪出。每個場景中的榜題未書寫文字。下方以斜格紋飾帶區隔開下段的供養人像。供養人為八位比丘,左右各四位,相對而坐,或禪定或合十或捧物,坐於岩石上。
 此圖繪製於十世紀初,色彩鮮明,是現存敦煌絹畫中,保存較為完好的作品之一。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 598.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 598.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:598.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 598).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 598,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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