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Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents

Ink and color on silk

父母恩重經變相

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《父母恩重經》繪製。畫面最高處為釋迦牟尼佛、二脇侍菩薩及迦葉、阿難二弟子;上二隅有二天王,皆為紅面、著鎧甲、帶頭光。佛前設香案,上置供物,案旁各有二身持花供養菩薩。佛後方繪遠山,乃表現佛在耆闍崛山宣講此經。
 此圖中、下段大部分殘損,但中段二側仍見比丘及世俗弟子聽法的場面。從現存榜題得知佛規勸弟子們要燒香、誦經、布施僧人飲食,為經典末段的場景。
 聽法場面兩旁尚有多個情節,均書寫榜題,描述父母養育之恩,為經中之內容。右邊繪父親教導少年、母親懷抱嬰兒畫面;左邊繪為人子成家後沉浸於育兒之樂而不去探望父母的畫面。
 此圖以斜格飾帶區隔出上方的主要場景及最下方的供養人。供養人原有四身,從中間願文題記得知供養人為學士。
 另外,從女供養人妝容可知當時女性於臉頰上繪鳥形圖案為裝飾,屬十世紀下半葉作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 607.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 607.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:607.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 607).
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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 = 607,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Illustration of the Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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