Kintsugi Tea bowl

Golden seams, borrowed patches, and metal rivets. - These were basically the techniques generations of Japanese artisans treated all sorts of ceramic damages with. This tea bowl here looks like a master’s show piece – or let’s say show-off piece, an object truly suitable for demonstrating his ability to treat a broken piece of pottery and turn damage into value. 

 Mending probably 18th century

Karatsu Ceramics is a style of ceramics produced in the vicinity of Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Karatsu sandstones were produced primarily between 1597 and the 1630s.