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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF KUNGA DONRUB
NGORCHEN KUNGA ZANGPO TIBET, CIRCA 1600
TIBET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY Inscription (on base plate) translated, ‘Homage to Chen nga Rinpoche,
Himalayan Art Resources item no.2277 Kunga Dondrup’.
2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm) high Himalayan Art Resources item no.2286
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000
US$10,000 - 15,000
西藏 約十七世紀 銅鎏金哦欽貢噶桑波像
西藏 約1600年 銅鎏金貢噶敦珠像
This figurine, perhaps once belonging to a gau or model shrine,
depicts the founder of Ngor monastery, Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo Lone Chennga Rinpoche Kunga Dondrub (b.16th century) was a
(1382-1456), identified by his traditional Ngorpa hat and attributes. He teacher of the 28th Sakya Tridzin, Jamgom Ameshab Ngagwang
received the lamdre tradition from Buddhashri (lot 3262), and was a Kunga Sonam (1597-1659/60). Bonhams is grateful to Himalayan Art
brilliant teacher of both sutra and tantra. Ngor monastery is famed for Resources for their assistance in identifying him.
its incredible thangka sets, such as the dispersed lamdre lineage set
dated c.1600 (HAR set no.385). Two bronzes from a Karma Kagyu lineage set within the collection of
Xia Jingchun have closely related lotus bases, see Xia (ed.), Pu Ti Miao
Published Xiang, Shenyang, 2001, pp.50 & 55, nos.47 & 52.
Portraits of the Masters, p.258, no.70.
Published
Published & Exhibited Portraits of the Masters, pp.326-7, no.92.
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.200, no.161.
Published & Exhibited
Monasterios y Lamas del Tibet, p.218, no.192.

Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 4 July 1983, lot 63

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