1 Tangka 'Kong-par Tangka', type 3

The Kong-par Tangka takes its name from the Kongpo region where it was initially produced, though by the mid-nineteenth century output had shifted between several Tibetan mints operating under inconsistent supervision. Type 3 represents a die evolution within the series, distinguished by specialists primarily through pellet counts and border arrangements — details that accumulated organically as engravers replaced worn dies without strict adherence to a master template. Tibet had no centralized mint authority in the Western sense, and the resulting die-to-die variation across types is substantial enough that attribution sometimes depends on a single pellet.