Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Holding a Willow Branch
Ink and color on silk
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。屬十世紀上半葉畫幡。菩薩繪於光潔無紋樣之平織絹上。三角形幡頭繪化佛，帶頭光、身光，披大紅袈裟，結跏趺坐。幡身上端以紅、靛藍及石綠等色繪菱格紋樣，其下繪暗紫色帶狀裝飾，左右垂掛金色鈴鐺。
菩薩稍側向左，雙足分踏蓮花台，頭戴花鬘寶冠，白色繒帶於耳後層疊垂下，頭光呈同心圓光輪。臉部豐腴，眉間繪白毫，雙耳戴大耳璫，胸前佩項圈、大瓔珞。身著華麗的帔帛，右手拇指與食指相捻，左手持楊柳枝。圖右上方有紫色榜題，未書文字。絹畫多處可見受損痕跡，係因長時間暴露在外所致。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 562.
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. 562.
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, 15:562.
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. 562).
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