A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.10
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c11.s2.10
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The front group (Plate XXXI) comprises four persons in two pairs, each consisting of a man and woman standing under an *asoka* tree in flower. The stout man on the right has his left arm round the waist of his female companion, who holds his right hand in hers, thus giving him the support rendered necessary by his intoxicated condition, due to the liquor, pots of which stand on the ground. The couple on the left stand facing, in attitudes apparently indifferent, but their countenances have been destroyed, so that their expression is lost. Traces of chaplets may be discerned on the heads of all.