Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings
Ink and color on silk
行道天王圖
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。此圖為供養畫，圖右上角有榜題，由右向左豎寫「水路天王行道時／施主徐漢榮一心供養」，供養人可能是畫面左側的持笏者。
天王戴寶冠，身著鎧甲，乘坐帶華麗鞍具的白馬疾馳向前，回首顧望男、女供養人。男供養人持笏，女供養人合掌敬立，目送天王離去。天王身邊有天將，為其五個兒子，手持象徵毗沙門天王的塔、幡、弓、劍及旌旗等；隨侍的夜叉則被描繪成正熱衷採集珊瑚、金幣、金瓶及寶珠等寶物。圖下部繪海水，水中有蓮花、鴛鴦、童子、龍王及龍女。
此圖以毗沙門天王為中心，隊伍向右在海上凌空飛行，遠山代表毗沙門守護的須彌山之北巒。從人物的臉部描繪及女供養人首飾，得知繪製於十世紀中葉。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 682.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 682.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:682.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Vaisravana and Heavenly Beings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 682).
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