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Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha and the Ten Kings of Hell - Avalokitesvara (top register)

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Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha and the Ten Kings of Hell - Ksitigarbha and Donors (middle and lower registers)

觀音地藏十王圖

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。十世紀下半葉。描繪於縱長粗麻布上,畫面以二條龜背紋橫飾帶區分為上中下三段,上段繪十一面千手千眼觀音菩薩及其眷屬,中段為地藏菩薩及十王等圖樣,下段為供養銘文與供養人像。
 上段觀音圖上方寶蓋飾帷幔,兩側雲上各繪五身化佛。菩薩大圓輪背光左上角有綠地長方形榜題,但僅可辨「世音」二字。觀音菩薩坐於蓮座上,千手組成圓形大背光,蓮座由寶池湧出雲紋承托,前設供案,上供香爐和淨瓶。菩薩正面左右大手由上而下分別為手持折枝花、胸前合掌、腹前兩手交疊握瓶,其餘隻手向左右伸展,手持器物。
 觀音菩薩兩側日光菩薩、月光菩薩、功德天、婆藪仙,榜題文字皆仍可辨識。供案旁有二逆髮明王,池中有二身菩薩形的龍王合十禮拜。
 中段地藏菩薩,戴風帽,手執錫杖坐於蓮座上,頂上為花形寶蓋,左右上端亦有花樣裝飾。圖左上方有長方形紅地榜題,書「地藏菩薩」尊名。地藏菩薩左右隨侍冥官,戴襆頭,著紅或黑色衣袍,手持罪罰卷子,或執笏。蓮座兩側立善、惡童子,另有十王圍繞,分列畫面下隅,左右各五人,十王均持笏,各有榜題。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 566.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 566.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:566.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 566).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
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 = 566,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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