Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara with the Recorders of Good and Evil
Ink and color on silk
觀音菩薩及善惡童子像
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。繪於十世紀下半葉。作品保存完好，絹四周的顏色稍淺，推測曾被裝裱過。
觀音趺坐於蓮座上，露出右腳掌，項圈、瓔珞、帔巾嚴身，下著綴花紅裙。頭光、身光飾火焰紋，華蓋則由美麗的花朵組成。觀音前方設供案，上置香爐和淨瓶，兩側立有梳雙髻的善、惡童子。觀音左側善童子左手執筆書寫，右側惡童子則雙手捧著紀錄冊。
畫面下方中央有發願文榜題，以黃色、綠色平塗，未曾書寫。右側繪一比丘坐像，持長柄香爐；左側跪坐二位男供養人，前者捧花盤，後者執花。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 564.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara with the Recorders of Good and Evil." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 564.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara with the Recorders of Good and Evil" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:564.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara with the Recorders of Good and Evil. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 564).
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