Altar High Chair (Kyo-Yi)

1800s Overall: 128.4 x 52 cm (50 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.) Source image
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Many homes in premodern Korean society had a memorial shrine for preparing and holding ancestral rites. Placed on the top of a tall chair, this miniature edifice (called the spirit house) served as a temporary residence for visiting ancestral spirits. On the table, a variety o...

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