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3264 Recorded as being the guru of Kashi Drahpa Shonu (1257-1315),
A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF Drinchen Kunga Gyalpo is a 13th-century master of the Sakya
KUNGA GYALPO Kalachakra lineage of teachings. According to legend, the Kalachakra
TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY tantra was passed from Shakyamuni at Amaravati in Southern India to
Inscription translated, ‘Homage to the kind Kunga Gyalpo’. the King of Shambhala, who returned to Tibet with the teachings.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2327
6 3/4 in. (17.5 cm) high Published
Portraits of the Masters, pp.248-9, no.65.
US$20,000 - 30,000
Published & Exhibited
西藏 十五／十六世紀 錯銀錯紅銅贡噶嘉波銅像 Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.202, no.164.
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