{"product_id":"24k-gold-kintsugi-early-noritake-tea-cup-star-among-roses","title":"24K Gold Kintsugi Early Noritake Tea Cup | Star Among Roses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003carticle aria-label=\"Painted for the West\"\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" aria-labelledby=\"painted-for-the-west\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"painted-for-the-west\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePainted for the West\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eNoritake, founded in Nagoya in 1904, made porcelain for Western tables. This cup bears the M-in-wreath JAPAN backstamp used from 1921 to 1941, when its hand-painted florals found their way into homes across the United States. Translucent porcelain carries a cream ground, a green rim band traced with gilt scrolls, and a bouquet of pink roses repeated inside the well. It is offered without a saucer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" aria-labelledby=\"gathered-into-a-star\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"gathered-into-a-star\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGathered into a Star\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eBroken into six fragments, the cup was restored over five months by Seisaku Nakajima, an urushi master whose restoration work includes Saimyō-ji Temple, a National Treasure site in Shiga. He reunited the pieces with natural urushi, building a smooth foundation through successive cured and polished layers. On that finished ground, he applied urushi with a maki-e brush, sprinkled 24K gold powder, and finished the seams through roiro, the highest grade of urushi finishing, giving the gold a smooth, deep luster. The cup remains food-safe. Outside, three lines descend the cream wall and meet at the foot; inside, they gather into a star in the well and radiate toward the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" aria-labelledby=\"bouquet-held-in-gold\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"bouquet-held-in-gold\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBouquet Held in Gold\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eTwo living Japanese traditions meet in this cup: Noritake export porcelain and the urushi craft of authentic kintsugi. The fracture has become the design, gathering into a star in the white well before descending past the roses to the foot—a path no other cup could carry. In a collection, it carries both Noritake porcelain and urushi artistry into their next century; to welcome it into yours is to become the next custodian of both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Kintsugi Labo JAPAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48361170796733,"sku":"AT0186","price":920.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/1803\/9485\/files\/kintsugi-tea-cup-early-noritake-24k-gold-front-at0186.jpg?v=1788344845","url":"https:\/\/kintsugilabo.com\/products\/24k-gold-kintsugi-early-noritake-tea-cup-star-among-roses","provider":"The Kintsugi Labo JAPAN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}