Mogao Cave 17: Three-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil
Ink and color on paper
Mogao Cave 17: Three-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil (detail)
三面六臂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。四角各有一孔，作品曾經過後人的裝裱。
觀音坐於蓮座上，三面六臂，戴化佛寶冠。二主臂置於胸前結印、執楊柳枝，上二手各托日輪及月輪，下二手各執淨瓶與念珠。觀音兩旁立善、惡童子，皆雙手合十面向觀音，手中並無記錄善惡的紙筆及簿冊，為特殊之例。二童子上方繪有裝飾性的花卉，作為補白。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 675.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Three-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 675.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Three-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:675.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Three-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 675).
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