Mogao Cave 17: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Ink and color on silk
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。觀音頭戴化佛寶冠，目光垂視，神態慈祥；披帔巾，佩瓔珞，左手持淨瓶，右手結印，盤右足，垂左足，坐於蓮座上。有多層頭光及身光，飾以火焰紋。頂上有華蓋，華蓋兩旁各有一位童子乘雲而來。觀音左、右各有三尊供養菩薩，或捧花或雙手合十，神情恭謹，最下二尊菩薩旁有榜題，左為「南无寶香供養菩薩」，右為「南无供養菩薩」。座下的香案掛布上書「南无觀音菩薩」。
圖下方中央題記兩側分列男、女供養人各三身，或雙手合十，或持供品。依據題記及供養人榜題，得知此圖供養人為敦煌步軍隊長張擖橋及其父母、弟及家人，年代為「開寶四年壬申」。北宋開寶四年為九七一年，壬申為九七二年，即開寶五年。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 555.
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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