Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s9.26

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The painter has taken special delight in the decoration of the hair, and jewels and flowers have been most ingeniously used to add to the subtle charm of the dark coils. Her dress is scanty, consisting only of a tight bodice of gauze, and a close-fitting knee-length garment of red silk. But her dress appears less scanty than it is, because of the profusion of jewellery, which is chiefly of pearls. The latter match admirably with the dark brown tint of the skin, and when falling in strings on the bosom, or in net-work on the waist and around the knees, they bring into prominence the beauty of those parts of the body.