Mithuna Couple, after Ajanta – (Y. G. Srimati) ◄ voorgaand Volgende ►

Artist: Y. G. Srimati

Tatum: 1950

Trootte: 32 x 32 cm

Techniek: Watercolor

This study of a royal couple is styled after loving couples (mithuna) depicted in courtly scenes in the murals at the Buddhist rock-cut caves of Ajanta, in western India. Here Srimati consciously celebrated that great legacy of sixth-century Indian painting. Contemporary literary sources tell us that the palaces and grand houses of the era were adorned in a similar manner, but it is the murals that survive at Ajanta that best demonstrate the mastery of painting in early India.