Ritual Flaying Knife

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Ritual Flaying Knife

Eastern Tibet, Kham region, Derge, Eastern Derge or China, 17th century or earlier
Arms and Armor; knives
Gilt copper alloy and rock crystal
8 1/2 x 6 x 1 1/8 in. (21.59 x 15.24 x 2.85 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold (M.79.243.1)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Art of Tibet.  Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya.  Art of Tibet.  Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. "Art and Ritual in Buddhism." Asian Art vol. II, no. 3 (Summer 1989):  33-55.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • McArthur, Meher.  Reading Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols.  London:  Thames & Hudson, 2002.
  • Huntington, John C. and Dina Bangdel.  The Circle of Bliss:  Buddhist Meditational Art.  Columbus:  The Columbus Museum of Art; Chicago:  Serindia Publications, 2003.
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Exhibition history

  • Ritual Offerings in Tibetan Art Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 13, 2014 - October 25, 2015