Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Ink and color on silk
觀音菩薩變相
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《妙法蓮華經》卷七〈觀世音菩薩普門品〉繪製。圖中央繪觀音立像，兩旁繪經文中七個情節，其間以山嶽相互區隔。
觀音頭戴寶冠，立於蓮台上，左手提淨瓶，右手持化佛莖蓮，代替了寶冠上的化佛，十分特別。帔巾隨意飄繞，橢圓形背光由外而內為綠、紅、黃、淡藍色。華蓋旁有散花飛天及持香爐飛天。觀音左側由上而下繪戴枷者、暴雨中牽著駱駝逃難的男子、被蓄鬚持刀者追趕的人；右側繪被身著盔甲騎士追趕者、溺水者、被狼追逐的女子、被猛獸追逐者。這些情節象徵觀音救度一切苦難。
蓮台兩旁各立男、女供養人，蓮台下有發願文，大致保存完好，作品紀年為北宋建隆四年（963）。
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Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 555.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:555.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 555).
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