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Mogao Cave 17: Maitreya Buddha Triad

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彌勒佛及脇侍菩薩像

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。主尊右旁的淡褐色長方形榜題記載著彌勒佛的尊名,然已漶漫不清。彌勒佛肌膚為橙色,並稍加勾描,身著袈裟,左手托鉢,右手結說法印,結跏趺坐於蓮座上。其左側脇侍為文殊菩薩,榜題「聞隨師離菩薩」;右側為普賢菩薩,榜題「聞隨補賢菩薩」,二菩薩皆坐於蓮座。文殊菩薩的臉部未施色彩,可看出完整墨色線描畫稿,其身軀顯得較長。二脇侍菩薩的蓮座畫得比主尊低,可能是先畫出上方華蓋,再畫尊像的原故。佛前設方形供桌,垂掛桌布,上置供具。
 此圖殘損嚴重,但仍可見下方題記書寫著「釋迦巍巍光相三十二」等字樣,並得知為五代後晉天福四年(939)的作品。特別的是,題記是由左邊書寫至右邊。中央題記兩側分列男、女供養人,或坐、或立。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 632.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Maitreya Buddha Triad." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 632.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Maitreya Buddha Triad" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:632.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Maitreya Buddha Triad. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 632).
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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 = 632,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Maitreya Buddha Triad}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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