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Detail: Rituals and customs help celebrate life’s milestones, remember the past, and mark time. In addition to their significance as social conventions, rituals often reaffirm state, governmental, and religious principles. In Korea, performing ancestral rites (jesa) is an enduring tradition that embodies respect for parents and the commemoration of ancestors, key tenets of Confucianism.
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Korea ca. 4th century B.C. H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. of rim 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) Burnished red earthenware |
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