Mogao Cave 17: Apsara
Ink and color on silk
飛天
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。飛天從天而降，垂直飛下。飛天右手握帔帛，帔帛另一端則繞於左手腕，隨風翻轉，形成優美的曲線，為表現帔帛的正、反面，而敷以不同顏色。飛天著紅色長裙，翻出白色裙腰，左腿伸展，左腳高懸在上；右腿曲膝，右腳勾回於左股之後。身邊繪有紅、白兩色暈染的靈芝形雲氣，更添加了飛天的輕盈。
人物先以墨線起稿，後敷色。畫面可見竹葉多叢，曾被認為是薩埵那太子捨身飼虎的情節，後因找到與其對稱、畫風相同的飛天，認定此是繪於八世紀大型淨土圖的一部分。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 540.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Apsara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 540.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Apsara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:540.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Apsara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 540).
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