1982
Tainan Art Museum · Collection
Oil on canvas
91 × 72.5 cm
The fresco of the Ajanta Cave is based around the story of Buddha, coupled with descriptions of his mortal life. I have illustrated two beautiful Indian women from the fresco along with Buddha in the distant background, who is not wavered by the lustful temptations of the women. While this painting was being exhibited at the Tai-Yang exhibition of the History Museum, the breast of one of the Indian women was destroyed in its colors by a viewer. I had to fix up the colors to recover the painting.