Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v1.c5.s2.11

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Proceeding towards the right, there is a pavilion in which a prince and princess (?) are sitting. The prince is wearing a high crown and a string of pearls across his body, like the sacred thread of the Brahmans. The treatment of his ears is conventional. The princess (?) is of greenish complexion, and her features are of a peculiar type, the nose being prominent. She is looking upwards towards the pavilion, in which the rājā is sitting. The prince has the first and second fingers of his right hand erect, probably suggesting some solution to the dilemma with which the rājā has been faced. To an artist, the contrast of the black and blue pillars of this pavilion will appeal. The blue colour has been laid in streaks, the paste used was somewhat coarse, but the effect is most artistic.