Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s10.16

v2.c8.s10.16

In the middle apartment are four female figures, and if an infant is also to be included, they become five. The child is held in the arms of the lady at the extreme right end, but it is almost on the point of falling from her arms in its excitement at the sight of the small duckling, either living or a toy, in the hand of the lady at the extreme left end of the apartment. The delineation of the infant is very vivacious, and the heads of these two ladies also are admirably drawn, though their arms, like those of the ladies in the left apartment, are somewhat spoilt by exaggeration.