Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v1.c5.s5.7

v1.c5.s5.7

Close to the *chaurī*-bearer is a head, the face of which is completely destroyed, but the elaborate coiffure and the conventional lines of the neck may be noticed. At the extreme right corner of the pavilion is another *chaurī*-bearer, whose bust is intact. The expression of her face shows a sweet innocence. Her complexion is fair, silver-grey. She is dressed in a jacket with a floral design, the pattern being apparently in the texture of the cloth. The gold and silver brocades of Paithan,² like those of Benares, have been famous from a very early time. Below this *chaurī*-bearer there is another maid of a pale-brown complexion, who is looking at the princess (figure destroyed) with rapt attention. She also has placed her