09/10/2026
Why did cobalt blue become one of the most enduring colours in ceramic history?
Part of the answer lies in fire.
Cobalt is remarkably stable at the high temperatures used to fire ceramics. For centuries, this allowed potters to achieve intense blues that could survive the kiln — from deep midnight tones to luminous, almost electric colour.
Its use travelled across cultures and became inseparable from some of the most celebrated ceramic traditions in China, the Middle East, Japan and Europe.
On this bowl, there is no painted decoration to distract the eye. The colour itself becomes the subject: darker where the glaze gathers, brighter where light moves across the surface.
Then kintsugi introduces a second language.
The 24k gold does not conceal the fractures. It draws across the cobalt, creating a new rhythm and making the history of the object part of its composition.
Cobalt. Fire. Fracture. Gold.
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