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3258 One of the more eccentric portraits, this sculpture also has the most
A SILVER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE beautiful and poetic inscription within the collection. The incised
OF SACHEN KUNGA NYINGPO lozenge patterns along the hems covering his chest are very closely
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY related to a dispersed Sakya lineage set, of which 18 are at Ngor
Inscription translated,’Om. May all be auspicious! I prostrate with Monastery, suggesting this sculpture derives from the same workshop
devotion to the Great Master of Sakya, Great Treasure of Compassion, and period (cf. von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Vol.
Holder of the Lotus, who assumed a human body here among the II, Hong Kong, 2003, pp.1208-17, nos.331-335E). Another closely
glacial ranges to create benefit and happiness for countless living related example with an almost identical face was sold at Sotheby’s,
beings. Good Fortune!’. New York, 30 November 1982, lot 318. Also compare the very adept
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2323 treatment of the tied knot across the present figure’s waist to the
8 1/4 in. (21 cm) high less elaborate example on the Sachen Kunga Nyingpo within the set
(333D).
US$30,000 - 50,000
Published
西藏 十五／十六世紀 銅錯銀萨钦贡噶宁波像 Portraits of the Masters, pp.238-9, no.60.
Huang Chunhe, Xizang Dansatisi Lishi Yanjiu, Beijing, 2016, p.38.

Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.194, no.149.

Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 21/22 March 1990, lot 306
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 March 1995, lot 47

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