Payathonzu Temple: Kinnara
帕耶東左寺緊那羅像
緬甸
位於緬甸曼德勒省蒲甘（Bagan, Mandalay）帕耶東左寺（Payathonzu Temple）拱門壁面左隅，為蒲甘王朝（約849～1287）後期作品。
緊那羅原為印度神話中之樂神，後被佛教吸收為八部眾之第七。此神形貌似人，具有美妙的音聲，善歌舞。
此像以黑線勾勒人面鳥身，頭戴尖葉寶冠，面容圓潤秀麗，頭光呈花瓣形，上半身的披肩精繪花紋。身軀略向左傾側，羽翼外展，雙手合十，足爪張開立於束腰仰覆蓮台上。繪畫技巧細膩優美，為拱門造型起了畫龍點睛的裝飾效果。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 738.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Payathonzu Temple: Kinnara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 738.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Payathonzu Temple: Kinnara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:738.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Payathonzu Temple: Kinnara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 738).
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