A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-1
A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-2
A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-3
A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-4
A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-5
A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-1A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-2A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-3A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-4A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century - image-5

Lot 54 Dα

A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century

Auction 1203 - overview Cologne
11.06.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 28.980 € (incl. premium)
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A Lopburi bronze figure of Prajnaparamita. Thailand, probably found in Nakhom Ratchasima province, Amphoe Khong. 12th/13th century

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.
Height 22.3 cm

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.

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. Jansen, acquired from Georg L. Hartl in 1976

Literature

Published in: T. Kridakorn (ed.), Buddha. A collection of sculptures, Bangkok 1965, no. 67