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Ronald Garrigues, Artist and Collector

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From a young age, Ron Garrigues had an eye for beauty and an A BRASS FIGURE OF THE SECOND ABBOT OF NGOR
interest in Asian art. After his first trip to Nepal in 1979, trekking to MONASTERY, MUCHEN KONCHOG GYALTSEN
remote villages and monasteries, he began a long career of studying CENTRAL TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Buddhism and collecting Buddhist art. This took him back to Nepal, as A Tibetan inscription at the bottom of the lotus base, translated,
well as India, Japan, and China, and brought him in contact with Asian ‘Homage to Muchen Konchog Gyaltsen!’
art dealers and fellow collectors. The two works offered in this catalog Himalayan Art Resources item no.16916
from his estate, and several more in our adjoining online sale, attest to treasuryoflives.org bio no.1898
Ron’s keen eye and sense for distinctive pieces. An artist himself, Ron 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm) high
Garrigues work can be viewed at: www.rongarrigues.com.
$10,000 - 15,000
藏中 十五/十六世紀 俄爾寺第二任住持慕千袞就堅贊銅像

Executed in the Tsang sculptural style of Central Tibet, the figure
is identified by inscription as the Sakya teacher Muchen Konchog
Gyaltsen (1388-1469), the second abbot (Khenchen) of Ngor
monastery. He was an immediate disciple of the order’s founder,
Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382-1456), who Gyaltsen helped establish
in 1430. See another Central Tibetan bronze of the teacher (HAR
8730).

Provenance
Estate of Ronald Garrigues (1930-2020), California, by 1990s

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