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Prince Vessantara Jataka

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須大拏太子本生圖

泰國

泰國大城時期(Ayutthaya,1350~1767)本生故事寫經之插圖。此經插圖構圖巧妙,色彩富麗,畫工精細,體現出當時精湛的繪畫技巧。
 此本生事見南傳《本生經》第五四七則,描述佛過去世為須大拏太子時,慈孝聰明,行大布施,凡有飲食、衣服、珍寶、田宅、車馬等,太子無不施捨,其後將二子施與婆羅門,又將妻子給與帝釋天所化的梵志,終不反悔。
 此圖描繪太子將二子布施予婆羅門鳩伽迦(Jujaka),圖下方側面而立者,為鳩伽迦,形象醜陋,鷹鉤鼻,彎腰駝背,裸身赤足,一手反執長棍,一手持杖牽套著太子子女的繩索趕路。二幼童均佩戴華貴首飾,表徵其王族身分;身披虎皮,則顯示山野生活。
 背景以灰藍色為地,上方畫二羚羊跳躍於崇山峻嶺間;左側羚羊作回首狀。畫面邊緣僅以簡單的紅、藍條紋為框,不似其他同時代寫經插圖多飾花紋或幾何圖紋,構圖明確、簡潔。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 752.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Prince Vessantara Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 752.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Prince Vessantara Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:752.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Prince Vessantara Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 752).
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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 P-Z},
pages = 752,
title = {{Prince Vessantara Jataka}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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