Seated in meditation on a coiled naga, with ten heads and eleven pairs of arms radiating around the body, each hand holding an attribute (one hand broken), the body adorned with a diadem, earrings, a necklace, bracelets, a girdle and anclets. Dark reddish brown patina with areas of green patination, partly damaging the surface. Mounted on a wooden stand. Prajnaparamita denotes the highest wisdom of Buddha, the path that leads to that wisdom, as well as the instructional texts describing the spiritual training required. The deity personifies all this at once. Dimensions Height 22.3 cm Literature Published in: T. Kridakorn (ed.), Buddha. A collection of sculptures, Bangkok 1965, no. 67 Provenance Collection of the Thai prince M. R. Thanphong Kridakon (according to a letter from Georg Hartl, dated 7.8.1976), former director of the Fine Arts Departement and author of several books and articles on Southeast Asian art in the 1960s Georg L. Hartl Asiatika, Munich, illustrated in the flyer published for the seventh Westdeutschen Kunstmesse from 20. to 28.3.1976 in Düsseldorf Collection Dr. Ludwig Jansen (1919-2020), acquired from Georg L. Hartl in 1976 Notes VAT: Margin scheme