Celadon Box

n. d.

8.8 cm 3.9 cm

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Over 500 years ago in Japan, a repair technique was developed that celebrated the beauty of imperfection. Called kintsugi, which translates as “golden joinery,” this technique uses a mixture of lacquer and gold, silver, or platinum to mend an object in a way that highlights (r...

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4176
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Lispenard and Marshall Green; given to Walters Art Museum, 1994.
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en
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3
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