Mogao Cave 17: Nine-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil
Ink and color on linen
Mogao Cave 17: Nine-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil (detail)
九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。九面觀音立於蓮台上，除主面之外，頭頂另有三層面容；第一層有五面，再上為二面，最上為阿彌陀佛。帶波浪形彩色光芒的頭光。臉部豐腴，細眉，唇上蓄小髭，全身嚴飾耳璫、項圈、珠鍊、瓔珞、帔帛。上二手托日輪、月輪，中二手持紅蓮，下二手分持淨瓶與念珠。頂上花形寶蓋垂飾珠串，頭光兩側射出祥雲，雲上坐佛通身放光，佛旁的榜題無文字。
觀音腳邊繪善、惡童子，善童子面帶微笑，手握紙卷和筆；惡童子表情嚴肅，雙手打開紙卷。此圖繪於十世紀，大部分已褪色。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 647.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Nine-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 647.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Nine-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:647.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Nine-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 647).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 647,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Nine-Headed, Six-Armed Avalokitesvara and the Recorders of Good and Evil}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}