Kintsugi Coffee Cup and Saucer - White, Porcelain

The Kintsugi coffee cup and saucer combines white porcelain construction with the centuries-old Japanese art of repairing broken pottery using precious metals. Designed by Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba for Seletti, the set features applied 24-carat gold that traces a pattern of imitated cracks across the surface, referencing the aesthetic of repair and regeneration. The gold detailing gives each piece a distinct, individual character while remaining part of a cohesive tableware collection.

Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba's collaboration with Seletti continues with the 'Kintsugi' collection, a series that incorporates the centuries-old Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with precious metals. Here, the technique materialises with 24 carat gold applied to a range of porcelain tableware items — such as this coffee cup and saucer — in a manner that imitates the smoothing over of a series of cracks, in a nod to the beauty of regeneration and repair.