File:19th century copy of 1st century BCE to 5th century CE Ajanta Cave 2 painting Hariti and Kubera 2.jpg
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Description19th century copy of 1st century BCE to 5th century CE Ajanta Cave 2 painting Hariti and Kubera 2.jpg |
English: From the source,
The paintings inside the Ajanta caves tell stories of the lives of the Buddha. This painting is from the right 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. This painting depicts a mountainous landscape in the background with several groups of people in the mid and foreground. To the left of the painting is a man, possibly a Yakhsa figure (male nature spirit) who wears a jewelled crown, sits on a cushion and holds a flower in his hand. In the centre is a group of four people, one male jester carrying a stick with three curves and three women, the one on his right holds a flywisk and wears an elaborate headdress. She is probably an attendant to one of the other women. In the bottom left hand side there is a group of three children, two of them are holding chikens. In the top left hand side there is a genie floating up in the air. Note: This may have been damaged by fire in the bottom left hand corner as in Zin's book more of the painting is evident in the cave and the figures in that part of the painting are intact. |
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Source | https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O112716/copy-of-painting-inside-the-oil-painting-griffiths-john/ |
Author | John Griffiths (1883) |
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