Kintsugi restored lamp

This is a terracotta lamp. The lamp was broken into several pieces and was glued back together and restored in the Kintsugi style. Made with the materials of gilding on wood, the cracks were coated with several layers of blanc de Troyes, finely sanded, and covered with gilding plate and fine gold leaf. The surface of the gold fillet was then polished with agate stone for a brilliant finish, a technique known as 'gilding in tempera'.