{"product_id":"24k-gold-kintsugi-kyoto-ware-mug-daybreak-above-the-waves","title":"24K Gold Kintsugi Kyoto Ware Mug | Daybreak Above the Waves","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003carticle\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stamped-blossom-field\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eStamped Blossom Field\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eThis Kyoto ware mug features the mishima technique, which involves stamping hundreds of small florets into dark clay and inlaying them with white slip so that the pattern can be felt as well as seen. Its black, unglazed body belongs to a lineage prized for \"keshiki\" — the landscape-like character a surface gains as it deepens with use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(178, 137, 91);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBorn of Kyoto’s Heritage: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis piece too is authentic Kyo-yaki pottery, handcrafted using time-honored techniques and refined by centuries of Japanese artistry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(178, 137, 91);\"\u003eLearn more → \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Discover the Art and Heritage of Kyoto Ware Pottery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.t-nishikawa.co.jp\/en\/story\/p.php?id=5\" style=\"color: rgb(178, 137, 91);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Art and Technique of Kyoto Ware\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"sunlight-at-the-rim\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSunlight at the Rim\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eA chip on the rim was repaired with urushi lacquer and finished with 24-karat gold. It was left with a soft matte finish in the taikiba polishing, allowing it to sit quietly against the dark clay. Directly behind it on the inner rim, lacquer artist Maki Mizuno painted a rising sun in urushi-e. The gold kintsugi reads as sunlight itself, cresting two blue waves. Twice awarded the highest honors at a Shiga art museum exhibition, Mizuno worked in the mitate tradition of seeing one thing as another for over four months using natural urushi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"a-sunrise-kept-private\" style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA Sunrise Kept Private\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eThe picture is not complete until it is used. When raised for a drink, the gold rim becomes the sun, and the painted waves receive it. It is a daybreak staged where this mug was once chipped. In the hands of its keeper, the vessel carries on two traditions: the Mishima inlay tradition of Kyoto ware, which was revived in this piece, and the urushi artistry of authentic kintsugi and urushi-e, which restored it. These two traditions are joined here and carried on together.\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":47942707806397,"sku":"UN0054","price":580.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/1803\/9485\/files\/mug-authentic-kintsugi-kyoto-ware-24k-gold-food-safe-front-view-un0054.jpg?v=1785835204","url":"https:\/\/kintsugilabo.com\/products\/24k-gold-kintsugi-kyoto-ware-mug-daybreak-above-the-waves","provider":"The Kintsugi Labo JAPAN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}