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In ancestor veneration rituals, deceased parents or ancestors are sanctified as spirits who are believed to oversee their descendants. Three times a year, once at the lunar new year, once at the person’s death date, and once at the time of the mid-autumn festival, food would be placed on the table for the ancestors, including fruits, rice, meat, and rice wine. During these ceremonies the worshipers’ attitude was as reverential toward the objects meant to embody the ancestors’ spirits as that toward a living parent. This pair of brass cups may have been used for ancestral rituals to contain rice wine.
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161389
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Wine Cup
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161389
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Wine Cup
description
In ancestor veneration rituals, deceased parents or ancestors are sanctified as spirits who are believed to oversee their descendants. Three times a year, once at the lunar new year, once at the person’s death date, and once at the time of the mid-autumn festival, food would be placed on the table for the ancestors, including fruits, rice, meat, and rice wine. During these ceremonies the worshipers’ attitude was as reverential toward the objects meant to embody the ancestors’ spirits as that toward a living parent. This pair of brass cups may have been used for ancestral rituals to contain rice wine.
date
1900s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79984016
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Metalwork
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North Korea, Yochon
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2000.1001.2
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Wine Cup (유기잔 [鍮器盞]), 1900s. North Korea, Yochon. Brass. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry B. Andrews, 2000.1001.2
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유기잔 [鍮器盞]
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Korean Art
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This pair of bronze cups may have been used in family rituals such as ancestral worship ceremonies.
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Gift of Henry B. Andrews
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2026-05-29 08:23:27.081000
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161389
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Korean Art
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Korean Art
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brass
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