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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MILAREPA A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE JAGCHEN KUNGA PELZANGO
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY TIBET, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2304 Inscription translated, ‘Homage to Jagchen Kunga Pelzangpo.
4 3/4 in. (12 cm) high [Inside the image] are placed many extraordinary relics including the
cremation relics of Kyungpo, and the tooth of the lord himself and so
US$15,000 - 20,000 forth’; base unsealed.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2318
西藏 十六世紀 密勒日巴銅像 4 7/8 in. (12.2 cm) high

A related example in the Museum Rietberg is published in Uhlig, On US$5,000 - 7,000
the Path to Enlightenment, Zurich, 1995, p.182, no.126.
西藏 約十四世紀 扎辰袞噶巴桑銅像
Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.146-7, no.21. Jagchen Kunga Pelzang (14th century) was an early leader of the
Shang order. Although associated with the Kagyu because its founder,
Published & Exhibited Kyungpo Naljor (c.1050-1127), is said to have obtained teachings
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.165, no.112. from the pupils of Naropa, it can be classified as its own distinct
school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 24 September 1997, lot 269 Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.200-1, no.50.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.186, no.139.

Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 17 June 1993, lot 268

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