SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Altar High Chair (Kyo-Yi)

Altar High Chair (Kyo-Yi), 1800s, pine nut wood
Date
1800s
Medium
pine nut wood
Dimensions
Overall: 128.4 x 52 cm (50 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Form
Chair
Origin
Korea
Culture
Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
1999.120.3
Credit line
Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. in memory of Robert P. Bergman
The belief in two types of souls, the spiritual and the corporeal, embodied the core concept of ancestral worship in traditional China and Korea. While the corporeal soul is believed to reside in the tomb, the spiritual soul, in the spirit house, guards his or her descendants.
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