File:19th century copy of 1st century BCE to 5th century CE Ajanta Cave 2 painting Hariti and Kubera.jpg
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Description19th century copy of 1st century BCE to 5th century CE Ajanta Cave 2 painting Hariti and Kubera.jpg |
English: From the source,
This scene is set in a rocky, green landscape. There are five women in the centre, some of them are holding offerings in their hands. The two in the centre and the one on the right hand side are wearing ornate head-dresses and jewellery. They are wealthy women taking offerings to the shrine. Below them in the bottom left hand corner are a group of four seated children playing a game and there are two more children on the right hand side playing with sticks. Above them in the top right hand corner is a fat genie flying towards the shrine, carrying gifts and in the top left hand corner are two men who are likely to be Brahmakayikas, from the heaven of Brahma, as they wear simple clothes like that of an ascetic. The paintings inside the Ajanta caves tell stories of the lives of the Buddha. This painting is from the left hand side chapel inside cave 2. The chapel is dedicated to the Yaksha couple Hariti and Kubera who are depicted in stone in the centre. On either side of the stone depiction are paintings across the walls, of which this is one. The paintings depict visitors taking offerings to the Yaksha couple. |
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Source | https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115212/copy-of-painting-inside-the-oil-painting-none/ |
Author | John Griffiths (1883) |
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