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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。依據《大方便佛報恩經》繪製。作品四邊縫以素色絹邊,中間繪佛、菩薩、弟子、天人會集於蓮池上的寶台,表現佛宣說此經的場景。
 佛前方平台有二迦陵頻伽,之間有一天人凌空而舞,飄帶翩然舞動。平台二旁的蓮池中有化生童子,雙手捧蓮合十,聽佛宣說法要。圖最下方兩側台上伎樂天演奏著不同的樂器,身後為盛開的花樹,是淨土世界的美好景象。全圖上方繪帷幕,有二條白色結帶,描繪精細。
 圖兩側為條幅連環式圖畫,每個情節配有榜題。左側上方描繪鹿母本生故事,內容為雌鹿飲了仙人洗衣之水而產下女娃的故事,緊接著的是善友太子入海求寶的故事;右側為須闍提太子割肉救親的情節。場景之間以山水區分,兩側的連環畫與中間淨土法會場面以黑色綴花飾帶界隔。
 此圖供養人像繪於連環畫的最下端。左邊為一婦人,依榜題得知其姓氏為「孟」,右邊為比丘、比丘尼。
 作品雖部分缺損,仍見全幅設色濃重,極盡華麗。畫中建築採中軸線配置,門、中堂及中庭兩側的二層樓閣皆有迴廊連接,體現出唐代(618~907)佛教寺院布局。另外,從女供養人的髮髻、服飾可推知此畫為八世紀作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 603.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Returning Favors Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 603.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Returning Favors Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:603.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Returning Favors Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 603).
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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 = 603,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Returning Favors Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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