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