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Ritual Flaying Knife
c. 1407-1410
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This ritual object was gifted to a Tibetan patriarch as part of a set of tantric Buddhist art made in the imperial workshop of the Yongle emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned from 1403-1425.
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Details
- Title: Ritual Flaying Knife
- Date Created: c. 1407-1410
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.)
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.9.3
- Medium: iron alloy with gold and silver inlay
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Tibetan Art
- Accession Number: 1978.9.3
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