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While it is not possible to know exactly how large the set would have In addition, two other portraits from the set, one of Damarupa (c.9th
been, we can approximate about twenty or thirty by comparing the century) and the other of Chogyal Phagpa Lodro Gyaltsen (1235-
amount of masters that line the borders of various lamdre lineage 80), are held in the Museum der Kulturen, Basel, published in von
paintings, of which the most famous is a set from Ngor monastery Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 2008, p.456-7,
dated c.1600 (HAR set no.385). It is reasonable to assume that this nos.126F-G.
sculptural set would have been commissioned by a major Sakya
monastery, such as Ngor, Sakya, or Shalu. Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.230-3, 242-3, 250-1, & 254-7, nos.56-7,
Each with an identifying inscription on the reverse, the assemblage 62, 66 & 68-9.
consists of Seton Kunrig (1025-1122), Shangton Chobar (1053-1135,
see lot 3256), Sachen Kunga Nyinpo (1034-1102, see lot 3259), Published & Exhibited
Drugpugpa Sonampel (c.1277-1350, see lot 3261), Pelden Tsultrim Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, pp.190-1, 194-5, 200 & 202-3,
(1333-89), and Buddhashri (1339-1419). nos.144, 150, 152, 162 & 165-6.

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