Mogao Cave 17: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara
Ink and color on silk
千手千眼觀音菩薩像
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。主尊觀音菩薩頭戴化佛寶冠，瓔珞嚴身，結跏趺坐於蓮座上。頭光外圈飾雲紋，頂上有華蓋。蓮座每片花瓣均多彩寶裝，甚為精緻。
此圖最值得稱道的是以細線描繪出的千手，極為精細、完美。千手中的前四十手或結印，或各執不同法器，法器多以青色描繪，其中二手上舉各托日輪和月輪，與圖上方二隅的日天和月天相呼應；日輪中為金烏，月輪中為蟾蜍及桂樹；日天騎鵝，月天騎馬，與傳統所述不同。圖左、右下角分繪男、女供養人。
此作品依其精純的技藝，推斷應是八世紀至九世紀中葉的作品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 668.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 668.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:668.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 668).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 668,
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