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Celadon Box
(Japan and Korea )
Over 500 years ago in Japan, a repair technique was developed that celebrated the beauty of imperfection. Called kintsugi, which translates as “golden joinery,” this technique uses a mixture of lacquer and gold, silver, or platinum to mend an object in a way that highlights (rather than hides) the damage. More than merely a craft technique, kintsugi is a tangible display of the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, a belief in the beauty of imperfection. This Japanese tradition has been applied to ceramics in other parts of East Asia including this stoneware vessel from Korea.
Provenance
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Lispenard and Marshall Green; given to Walters Art Museum, 1994.
Geographies
Korea (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 9/16 × Max W: 3 7/16 in. (3.9 × 8.8 cm); H of top: 11/16 × Max W: 3 7/16 in. (1.8 × 8.8 cm); H of bottom: 7/8 × Max W: 3 1/4 in. (2.3 × 8.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lispenard and Marshall Green, 1994
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
1994.5.168