Another aspect of the interaction between these two materials, and one which has
been seldom considered in the past, occupies the foreground of attention in the exhibition
entitled “Flickwerk – The Aesthetics of Mended Japanese Ceramics.” The usage of
lacquer to artfully repair damaged or broken ceramics, however, is a specifically Japanese
phenomenon that transcends the effects immanent in the materials and is based on aesthetic ideals which evolved in the culture of tea.
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