Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s7.9

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latter has become almost black, but his outstretched hand may be noticed, denoting his anxiety to receive the miraculous birds. The colours of the wings of the geese, if there were any originally, are bleached now, evidently by the effect of fire;¹ but the fine brush-work is intact in some places, and may be admired in the treatment of the tail feathers of the birds.