Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch
Ink and color on paper
楊柳觀音菩薩像
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。繪製於十世紀下半葉。帶有光澤的平織絹布上，繪一觀音菩薩坐於岩石的束腰蓮座，盤右腿，左腳踏於小蓮花台上。頭光、身光及背光由多層同心圓組成，身光周圍環繞火焰紋。岩座下有兩株茂密的闊葉樹，沿背光向上伸長。
觀音戴三面寶冠，寶冠中央有一化佛，藍髮，蓄小髭，左手持楊柳，右手提淨瓶。其前案上設花供養。頂上有三朵花樣，似懸垂華蓋，上方左右雲紋上有日輪和月輪，圖右日輪內繪三足烏，圖左月輪內可見桂樹與玉兔、蟾蜍。
供案兩側各有一供養人，男供養人戴襆頭，著紅帶黑袍，執長柄香爐；女供養人髮上飾簪，妝容白皙，塗腮紅，額間有紅色印記，雙手捧花盤。人物以蘆葦筆描繪，蓮花和飾物則是用毛筆繪成。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 561.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 561.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:561.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 561).
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