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Illustrated Manuscript Covers - Jataka Tales

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佛本生圖

斯里蘭卡

此組斯里蘭卡貝葉經經板,為木板彩繪,採一圖多景方式呈現,每片高7公分,長41公分。
 上圖以巴利文《本生經》第四十則〈朅地羅樹炭火本生〉為題材。左起描繪佛陀過去生為富商,得知剛出七日之定的辟支佛持鉢化緣,擬前往供養。魔王欲消滅辟支佛,現身阻撓富商並恐嚇將以朅地羅樹木焚燒炭火。後富商身陷火海,仍堅持供養辟支佛,此時火坑中驟現蓮花,托起富商,將鉢中食物供養辟支佛,辟支佛感謝富商並為其說法。辟支佛接回鉢後,飛向空中,最後回到山上,繼續修行。圖中辟支佛之袈裟,以細密水波紋呈現,乃斯里蘭卡佛像之衣紋特色。
 下圖表現《本生經》第四三六則〈盒子本生〉。從左至右描繪綠膚惡魔搶一婦女為妻,並將之藏於盒內,吞入腹中保護。一日惡魔因沐浴而將此盒置於一旁。妻誘一魔術師共藏於盒中,惡魔不知情地將盒吞回腹內。後惡魔遇見一菩薩告知真相,吐出盒子,魔術師飛出,最後菩薩勸惡魔釋放其妻。此二本生故事分別說明布施功德不可思議及沈迷女色的禍害。
 作品以紅色為地,人物以綠和黃色呈現,設色鮮明,構圖簡約,場景連貫,為一生動活潑的例作。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 356.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscript Covers - Jataka Tales." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 356.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscript Covers - Jataka Tales" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:356.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscript Covers - Jataka Tales. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 356).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
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 = 356,
title = {{Illustrated Manuscript Covers - Jataka Tales}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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