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Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha

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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。繪製於九世紀。是對幡的其中一件,另一件收藏在印度新德里國家博物館。故事情節為燃燈佛授記至釋迦牟尼成佛的故事;此幅只描繪至釋迦降誕,後續故事見另一幅。由上而下四個場景,中間以深茶色的寬邊分隔,每個場景的左邊或右邊預留長方形榜題,左右位置上下交錯。
 第一個場景畫過去世燃燈佛為儒童摩頂授記,預言其未來當得成佛,佛名釋迦牟尼;二脇侍立於燃燈佛身後。第二個場景繪五身人物,中間一人乘雲騰空,前方為天宮建築,可能表現的是菩薩上升兜率天宮,待機下生。第三個場景為摩耶夫人安睡於宮殿中,一幼童騎白象駕雲飛來,代表著菩薩乘象入胎。最後是摩耶夫人孕期,二位侍女在房外守護。畫中建築線條筆直,界畫功底深厚。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 624.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 624.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:624.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 624).
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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 = 624,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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