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3256 Originally from Dingri in Tsang, Shangton Chobar (1053-1135) and
A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY his brother Ziji Bar both worked on cutting and binding scriptures.
FIGURE OF SHANGTON CHOBAR Having done some work for the great Sakya master Seton Kunrig (lot
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY 3262), the brothers refused payment, instead requesting the Lamdre
Inscription translated, ‘Homage to the venerable lord Shang Gonpawa teachings. Both brothers received the entire transmission from Kunrig,
[the Recluse of Shang] Good Fortune!’. but Ziji passed away shortly after, and Shangton retreated to the life of
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2322 a farmer, thereafter only practicing the ‘Path with the Result’ in private,
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm) high with one exception. Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (lot 3258), the Sakya’s
great founder, implored him to pass it onto him.
US$30,000 - 50,000
Published
西藏 十五／十六世紀 銅錯銀仙通秋巴像 Portraits of the Masters, pp.236-7, no.59.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.196, no.154.

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