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Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

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觀音菩薩變相

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。觀音戴化佛寶冠,面相方圓,嘴唇及頷下有髭鬚,呈男性面貌特徵。頸佩念珠、項圈,飾瓔珞,雙肩寬厚,身軀豐腴;內著絡腋,外披天衣,臂間有帔帛垂下,右手於腹前托淨瓶,左手置左膝上握柳枝;下著紅地印花裙褲,右腳盤屈,左腳垂踏蓮台,坐於蓮座上。
 蓮座前供案上設香爐,案前榜題「南无大慈大悲水月觀世音菩薩」。觀音頭頂有三花寶蓋,花以珠串連接。圖兩側自上而下皆為觀音救苦救難故事,故事均有榜題。蓮座右側繪兩男子,描繪與榜題相輔,曰:「假使興害意 推落大火坑/念彼觀音力 火坑變成池」。故事情節簡單,但形象鮮明。蓮座下方兩側故事背景皆為大海,使蓮座彷彿從大海中升起。
 畫面下端繪供養人像,左側三人為男供養人像,右側三人為女供養人像,男女皆面朝中間的方形榜題,由榜題得知所作年代及功德主。此圖構圖飽而不塞,畫面造型嚴謹大方,線條工整,設色富麗,為同類題材中的佳作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 554.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 554.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:554.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 554).
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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 = 554,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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