Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling
Ink and color on silk
藥師佛行化圖
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。圖中藥師佛雙足踏蓮，白色蓮台以紅色線勾描。佛左手以白布托青色藥鉢，右手執錫杖靠於肩上，作行化相。內著滾花邊僧祇支、綠色僧衣，外披飾花紋的紅色袈裟，花紋由三個菱形組成，效果精緻細膩。淺施紅色暈染的膚色，使得身形更具體量感。
藥師佛左右隨行二人，為雙手合十的老比丘及手持經卷的青年比丘。佛頂上有華蓋，由白牡丹及雙紅蓮組成，垂飾珠串。圖左、右上角各有榜題，左側未題字，右側墨書「奉為 亡過小娘子李氏畫藥師佛壹軀／永充供養兼慶讚記」，得知是為過世之女供養繪製。
此為九世紀下半葉的作品，色彩華麗，仍具協調之美。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 641.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 641.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:641.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha Traveling. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 641).
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