Bajo Bai (Bajo Sake Cup)

Bajo Bai (Bajo Sake Cup)
Bajo Bai (Bajo Sake Cup)
Bajo Bai (Bajo Sake Cup)

A waist-high sake cup. It has a very high stand and is drunk while holding the stand.
It is called bajo-bai because it is suitable for drinking on horseback, and because it looks as if it were sitting on a horse. This type of cup is often found in Chinese celadon, blue and white porcelain, underglaze red, and colored glaze, as well as in Korean Mishima-te and white porcelain. There are also some types of cups with a hole drilled in the base of the cup, which is held in place by a finger, so that the poured wine must be drunk. In other words, it can be considered a kind of sake cup. The sake cups used in Joseon ritual vessels are generally tall and look similar to the majoebai.

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