Kintsugi

File:Tea bowl, Korea, Joseon dynasty, 16th century AD, Mishima-hakeme type, buncheong ware, stoneware with white engobe and translucent, greenish-gray glaze, gold lacquer - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC02061.JPG

Repair work (right) on Mishima ware hakeme-type tea bowl with kintsugi gold lacquer, 16th century

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer. It is similar to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi (philosophy of imperfection value).

Related pages

• Maki-e
• Wabi-sabi