Gilded Ceramics

November 23, 2011, 4:26 pm
Filed under: ceramic | Tags: cracked, gilded

Jessica sent me these beautiful photos of Japanese ceramics repaired with gold. They’re from the Freer+Sackler galleries, where she used to work.

I love that the conservator decided to draw attention to the cracks rather than trying to hide them. The first one looks like lightning at night.

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