Mogao Cave 17: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara
Ink and color on linen
十一面八臂觀音菩薩像
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。主尊為十一面八臂觀音，蓄小髭，額上有白毫，胸前二手持蓮花，上二手托日輪及月輪，中二手持梵篋、托淨瓶，下二手持念珠、提淨瓶，結跏趺坐於蓮座上，腹前有一尊坐佛。
觀音菩薩上方有華蓋，座前案上設香爐。背光兩側對稱圍繞著十四尊眷屬，由上而下為天王、菩薩、老者形象的婆藪仙及與其相對的辯才天，再下是火焰之中的忿怒尊。畫下方繪七寶，由左而右為珠寶、象寶、女寶、輪寶、主兵臣寶、馬寶和居士寶。供案前發願文榜題及全圖各處題名榜均未書寫文字。
作品保存完整，唯最上方欠缺菱格飾帶，後來於四周縫上褐色寬邊，是十世紀以降麻布畫佳作之一。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 582.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 582.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:582.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Eleven-Headed, Eight-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 582).
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