{"product_id":"24k-gold-kintsugi-mino-ware-bowl-comet-in-the-night-sea","title":"24K Gold Kintsugi Mino Ware Bowl | Comet in the Night Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003carticle aria-label=\"A Night Sky from Mino\"\u003e\n\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"a-night-sky-from-mino\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\" id=\"a-night-sky-from-mino\"\u003eA Night Sky from Mino\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eFor over thirteen centuries, Mino, in Gifu Prefecture, has been Japan’s leading center of ceramics, its kilns known for bold experimentation with glaze. That spirit lives on in this bowl: a deep cobalt kiln-change surface recalls a star-filled sea, gradually shifting to olive green at the rim. Created as part of the Uranus \u0026amp; Neptune series, it carries the quiet unpredictability for which Mino ware has long been known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"a-seam-through-the-stars\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\" id=\"a-seam-through-the-stars\"\u003eA Seam Through the Stars\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eRestored over four months, the bowl was entrusted to Keiko Hata, a lacquer artist with a Master’s degree in Lacquer Arts from Kyoto City University of Arts who has also taught traditional kintsugi workshops in Japan. Working with food-safe natural urushi, she carefully reunited the vessel before sprinkling genuine 24K gold powder along the restored seam and finishing it through \u003cem\u003eroiro\u003c\/em\u003e, the highest grade of urushi finishing. This brings out the gold, giving it a smooth, deep glow that only a carefully finished urushi surface can achieve. From near the foot, the seam opens into a broad V across the night-blue exterior, crosses the olive rim, and continues inside, gathering in a gentle loop beneath the star-like glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"one-comet-one-bowl\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"font-size: 1em; color: rgb(178, 137, 91); margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-weight: bold;\" id=\"one-comet-one-bowl\"\u003eOne Comet, One Bowl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\"\u003eThis bowl brings together two living Japanese traditions: Mino’s thirteen-century ceramic heritage and the enduring craft of authentic kintsugi in natural urushi. Its fracture now belongs to the landscape itself—a comet crossing a night sky, following a course no other bowl could repeat. To welcome it into your collection is to become the next custodian of both traditions, carrying their story forward.\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":48332808061117,"sku":"AT0178","price":740.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/1803\/9485\/files\/bowl-authentic-kintsugi-mino-ware-food-safe-front-at0178.jpg?v=1787731175","url":"https:\/\/kintsugilabo.com\/products\/24k-gold-kintsugi-mino-ware-bowl-comet-in-the-night-sea","provider":"The Kintsugi Labo JAPAN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}