Chinese:Metalwork
Browse similar items


Full Catalog




Antique Tibetan Buddhist Bronze Ritual Curved Flaying Knife
click for detailed views

$450.00



A Tibetan bronze flaying knife or chopper with a curved steel blade used in rituals by Buddhist Vajrayana priests. The flayer was a symbolic instrument and never used to really chop or flay people. Hence, the blade is dull. The blade has oxidized on both sides and there is some verdigris inside the top of the handle. Measures 6.75 inches x 7" high. Dates 1800's.