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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。繪製於十世紀上半葉。佛陀降魔成道的題材,在敦煌出土的同時期作品中較為少見。
 圖中主尊釋迦牟尼佛有高肉髻,身披金色袒右袈裟,於菩提樹下金剛座上結跏趺坐,手施降魔印。菩提樹在佛上方形成華蓋。頭光、背光裝飾美麗的紋樣。
 華蓋上方繪一身明王,藍色,三面八臂,火焰背光,乘雲而來。明王上二手持劍,其餘六手持法輪、卡章嘎杖、金剛杵、●(上四+下絹)索及三叉戟等。明王兩旁羅列四天王及諸天眾,作謢衛狀。
 佛四周描繪魔軍襲擾的各種場面。佛左右有魔王波旬之女展現誘惑及裝甲魔軍向佛射箭,持械威嚇、挑釁,最終都化為花朵飄散於地的情景。佛陀的沉凝靜定與魔軍的喧囂形成強烈的對比。
 圖兩側條幅表現佛成道後的各種瑞相,以小山區隔,共十二個場景。圖下方繪轉輪聖王的七寶,各有彩雲承載。此圖布局周到、色彩豐富,充滿著畫師自由構思的圖像,為同時期出色之作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 625.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 625.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:625.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 625).
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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 = 625,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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