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Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell

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地藏十王圖及淨土圖

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。此圖內容可分二部分,上為淨土圖,下為地藏十王圖,圖周圍飾以菱格飾帶。
 上方淨土圖以臨池露台代表天宮樓閣。主尊為西方淨土阿彌陀佛,作說法印,兩側脇侍菩薩為觀音、大勢至,另有弟子、天王、伎樂天等。
 下方菩薩戴紫褐色風帽垂覆雙肩,身披橙紅相間袈裟,左手托白色寶珠,右手執錫杖,一腳盤起、一腳下踏,坐於青蓮座上。蓮座下為鋪覆墊褥的岩石。菩薩帶多層頭光、背光,背光射出六道紫褐色彩雲,其間有六道眾生圖像;頭光上方繪彩雲,象徵菩薩導引亡者往生淨土世界。菩薩前設供案,案旁道明和尚著黑僧袍立於方毯上,金毛獅子與其相對立在岩石上。外側有手執案卷的善、惡童子,其餘人物是十王,持白笏,各有榜題。
 此圖線條明快嚴謹,應是以蘆葦筆作畫,繪製精美,色彩保存完好。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 536.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 536.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:536.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 536).
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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 = 536,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Amitabha, Ksitigarbha, and the Ten Kings of Hell}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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