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Ritual Flaying Knife
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRitual Flaying Knife, c. 1407–1410. Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427). Iron alloy with gold and silver inlay; overall: 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1978.9.3
