Ritual Flaying Knife
Unknown Artist
c. 1407–1410
Medium
iron alloy with gold and silver inlay
Dimensions
w. 17.4 cm, l. 16 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1978.9.3
Rights
Public Domain
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.