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Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings

Ink and color on silk

行道天王圖

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。此圖描繪毗沙門天王率眷屬出行的情景。
 身著華麗鎧甲的毗沙門天王,頭戴寶冠,雙肩之上火焰熊熊,火焰向右上方飛斜,表現出天王騰雲而至之感。天王左手托寶塔,右手執長戟,鎧甲綴碎金箔。
 其足下雲氣以紅線勾勒,與眷屬足下的黑雲形成對比,雲尾拖曳而漸細,直至作品左上角的城門,表現一行人出行的動勢。城門代表毗沙門天王的領土,即須彌山之北的城郭。紅雲與黑雲分別用二色表現,線條粗線亦不一,增添畫面的豐富性。
 天王後方之女子為吉祥天,著紅色華麗裝束,雙頰的二條紅線應是花鈿樣式之一,其手上捧象徵財富的布帛。
 天王的眷屬中,有二位穿著長袍者,為天王之子,在畫面中乃位於吉祥天之上、下。另五位是天人及夜叉,形貌特異。
 此圖繪於十世紀中葉,色彩保持完好,圖中榜題未書文字。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 682.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 682.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:682.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 682).
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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 = 682,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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