Memorial Altar Table (Che-sang), late 19th century. Wood, lacquer, 27 11/16 × 48 × 28 1/4 in. (70.3 × 121.9 × 71.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.16 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.16_overall.jpg)
Memorial Altar Table (Che-sang), late 19th century. Wood, lacquer, 27 11/16 × 48 × 28 1/4 in. (70.3 × 121.9 × 71.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.16 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.16_detail.jpg)
Memorial Altar Table (Che-sang)
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Wood, lacquer
DATES
late 19th century
DYNASTY
Joseon dynasty
DIMENSIONS
27 11/16 × 48 × 28 1/4 in. (70.3 × 121.9 × 71.8 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.18.16
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Wide rectangular table with four straight legs attached at the sides with straight struts at three points. Apron on front and back cut in scalloped waves, extending beyond the legs to bracket the flat top.
Tables of this type were used in ancestral rites for the placement of food and other offerings, usually installed immediately before altars containing the spirit plaques of individual family ancestors. While the higher altars remained in place, the offering tables could be removed, sometimes disassembled (it is unclear if these legs are removable), and stored elsewhere when rituals were not taking place.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Memorial Altar Table (Che-sang), late 19th century. Wood, lacquer, 27 11/16 × 48 × 28 1/4 in. (70.3 × 121.9 × 71.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.18.16 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2020.18.16_overall.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2020.18.16_overall.jpg. Brooklyn Museum, 2020
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