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Prince Vessantara Jataka

Ink and color on paper

須大拏太子本生圖

泰國

泰國大城時期(Ayutthaya,1350~1767)寫經《三界經》(Traiphum)之插圖。此經由吞武里王朝(Thonburi,1767~1782)鄭王(1767〜1782在位)御令彙編,經摺裝,逾兩百五十頁。插圖題材出自佛教宇宙三界觀、佛傳及十大本生故事,另附南亞和東南亞地圖。
 佛陀前世為須大拏太子時,因布施國寶白象予鄰國而遭父王放逐,流放途中仍不斷施捨,終完成大布施修行。此圖描繪太子與妻兒流放期間,一婆羅門向太子求取其子女為僕之情節。
 畫面右下方太子抱擁一對子女坐於門口,階梯下婆羅門跪坐伸掌作勢央求。畫中人物精簡,然描繪生動。背景遠處的奇巒怪石,顯然受中國繪畫影響;圖左邊方形框內的鱗紋狀波浪,表現出泰國傳統繪畫風貌;右邊椰樹的素描效果,則具西方寫實畫風。此作融合各種表現手法,別具奇趣。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 753.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Prince Vessantara Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 753.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Prince Vessantara Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:753.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Prince Vessantara Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 753).
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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 = 753,
title = {{Prince Vessantara Jataka}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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