id:			149445
accession number:	1978.9
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.9
updated:		2022-10-29 15:22:11.743000

Ritual Weapons, early 1400s. Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427). Iron alloy with gold and silver inlay; overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1978.9

title:				Ritual Weapons
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creation date:			early 1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1425
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427)
technique:	iron alloy with gold and silver inlay
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Tibetan Art
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inlaid "Yung-lo" mark (1403-1425) in gold at tope of handle above snake's head.
	translation:	
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1978
	opening date:   1979-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
Ceremonial weaponry was used in tantric rituals to combat obstacles to enlightenment, such as ignorance, delusions, and selfishness. In 1407 a high-ranking Tibetan monastic patriarch visited the emperor of the Ming dynasty, known as Yongle. The Yongle emperor presented him with a number of gifts, of which these implements were probably a component, since the axe bears his identifying inscription in a cartouche. Imperial Chinese workmanship is noted in the lush rendering of the lion heads from which the blades emerge, the calligraphic serpentine forms, and the cloud motifs.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Huntington, John C., Dina Bangdel, and Robert A. F. Thurman. The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003.
	page number: 	366-369
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