Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s2.11

v2.c8.s2.11

Commencing again from the left, we see the head of a Bodhisattva whose figure was originally delineated on a colossal scale, but almost the whole of it, excepting the few fragments of the head, has perished. The richly bejewelled diadem with its fine pearl strings shows considerable artistic skill, but the subject must have become quite common so as to require no originality, as it is repeated in every representation of a prince. The eyebrows of the Bodhisattva are raised in the conventional style, and the eyes would have been meditative, but they cannot be seen in this fresco because of its damaged condition.