Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s5.6

v2.c8.s5.6

Below this celestial pair, the panel has a series of decorative bands, among which may be noticed in the Plate a design of white and blue lotus creepers, intertwined and showing the flowers in various stages of bloom. The artist has marked out the petals by red lines, which have been used also to show the stamens of the small flowers. But in painting large white flowers he is more realistic, as he has shown the stamens with fine pale brush-lines, and above them has given a dark shade to indicate pollen. This fine detail has been lost in reproduction, but in the middle of the large flower darkish lines may be noticed.