Ritual Flaying Knife
Unknown Artist
c. 1407–1410
Medium
iron alloy with gold and silver inlay
Dimensions
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Classification
Metalwork
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1978.9.3
About this artwork
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.