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Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Maha Ummagga Jataka (detail)

蘇旺那潤寺大隧道本生圖

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位於蘇旺那潤寺(Wat Suwannaram)戒堂。為拉瑪三世(Rama III,1824~1851在位)時期著名畫家古空培(Khru Khong Pae)繪製。
 此本生事見南傳《本生經》第五四六則,敘述佛於過去世為彌梯羅國智臣大藥賢者之種種經歷,原典內容曲折冗長。
 此圖描繪敵國大軍圍城,屢攻不下,敵國智臣克瓦特邀見大藥賢者,欲算計之,賢者作勢贈其摩尼寶珠,卻令寶珠滾落腳下,並趁其撲身探取時掌壓其背,令之動彈不得,敵軍見狀以為克瓦特向賢者頂禮,勝負已定,紛紛逃走。
 圖右上克瓦特袒上身,伏於賢者跟前,二人雖同為顯赫之輩,形象卻有頗大反差,前者愚昧可笑,後者優雅高貴。賢者身著華麗裝束,身後將士隊形整齊,當中一人捂嘴竊笑,似嘲笑克瓦特狼狽模樣,人物形象生動。
 圖下方潰走的敵國士兵連滾帶爬,姿態粗魯笨拙,表情惶恐,倉惶而逃,與圖上方整齊的隊伍形成對比。整體以對比式的表現手法突出戲劇效果。
 畫面背景施以深色,使人物的形象和色彩表現等細節更加顯著,亦為泰國壁畫開始出現深色背景的實例之一。十九世紀開始,泰國壁畫受西方影響,色彩明暗及透視法出現改變,蘇旺那潤寺的壁畫即是一例。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 998.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Maha Ummagga Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 998.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Maha Ummagga Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:998.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Maha Ummagga Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 998).
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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 = 998,
title = {{Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Maha Ummagga Jataka}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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