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A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF
THE FIRST GANGKAR LAMA, DRAGPA’I PEL
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Inscription translated, ‘Homage to the Dharma Lord Gangkarwa’.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2316
5 7/8 in. (15.1 cm) high
US$20,000 - 30,000
西藏 十四世紀 錯銀錯紅銅一世貢噶喇嘛札巴貝銅像
Dragpa’i Pel (b.1260) was a student of the Second Karmapa, Karma
Pakshi, who subsequently established his own incarnation lineage,
the Gangkar Lamas. He founded a hermitage in ca.1265, which
developed into Gangkar Monastery, situated on the northern border
of modern day Bhutan. The lineage has a second monastic seat at
Khamsum Drag Gon.
Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.188-9, no.44.
Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.185, no.137.
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