Ritual Flaying Knife

c. 1407–1410
Overall: 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.)
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Location: 237 Himalayan

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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.
Ritual Flaying Knife

Ritual Flaying Knife

c. 1407–1410

Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427)

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