{"product_id":"24k-gold-kintsugi-ko-imari-bowl-reunion-beneath-the-bamboo","title":"24K Gold Kintsugi Ko-Imari Bowl | Reunion Beneath the Bamboo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003carticle aria-label=\"A Scholar's Grove\"\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" aria-labelledby=\"a-scholars-grove\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"a-scholars-grove\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA Scholar's Grove\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eThis Ko-Imari porcelain hails from the golden age of Japanese export ware. During this period, 17th- and 18th-century kilns near the port of Imari produced cobalt-blue sometsuke for the courts of Europe. The figure within, a robed sage with a young attendant among bamboo, draws on the literati ideal of the wise recluse in his grove, which was highly valued during the Edo period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" aria-labelledby=\"gold-within-silver-without\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"gold-within-silver-without\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGold Within, Silver Without\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eFine lines of 24-karat gold converge toward the sage at the center of the interior. The exterior is entirely finished in pure silver — a rare combination of two metals in one vessel. Rio Hashimoto, a Master's degree holder in Lacquer Arts from Kyoto City University of Arts who creates contemporary urushi artworks and has presented several solo exhibitions, earned recognition in national juried exhibitions, and restored the piece over four months using natural urushi. She brought the gold and silver to a roiro finish, the highest level of urushi polishing. The seams demonstrate techniques refined over centuries of Japanese lacquerwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" aria-labelledby=\"a-private-duality\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"a-private-duality\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA Private Duality\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eFew kintsugi vessels wear two metals at once. When lifted and looked into, this bowl reveals a warm field of gold over the sage. When set down, it returns to a cool, silver quiet along the exterior. This contrast belongs solely to the owner and to this piece — the fracture that shaped it and the two-metal restoration that answered it cannot occur again.\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":47385861390525,"sku":"AT0171","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/1803\/9485\/files\/bowl-authentic-kintsugi-ko-imari-gold-silver-food-safe-front-at0171.jpg?v=1783150991","url":"https:\/\/kintsugilabo.com\/products\/24k-gold-kintsugi-ko-imari-bowl-reunion-beneath-the-bamboo","provider":"The Kintsugi Labo JAPAN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}