Not really. Depends on the pot. Lipstick on a pig is lipstick on pig. Sometimes (mostly) it's not worth the trouble to repair a completely busted pot. They're mostly useless as functional pots and an ostentatious repair on a mediocre pot is not worth displaying. ;-)
Seriously, is this an ostentatious repair on a mediocre pot?:
This is was still kinda is? a nice pot I purchased from Matt Ouwinga. So you know it wasn’t cheap. I tripped and fell when I was carrying it. The epoxy has made the repair very solid, and I think I could use it for a club show, at least.
I have another antique Chinese pot that Matt had sold to Doug Paul. As Matt was packing it up to take to Doug, he accidentally knocked the inside of the rim on something. A tiny piece chipped off. Unfortunately, Matt was in a hurry and didn’t search for he chip, and couldn’t find it later. This pot was worth North if $2000 in the prior mint condition, but now, it was seriously diminished. Matt sold it to me for essentially his cost for shipping.
When I get home, I’ll take a picture.
Now, this pot has a chip roughly the size of your little finger’s fingernail. It wouldn’t be very noticeable, except the patina is so good that the rim is virtually black. The spot where it’s chipped is the red clay color.
There are several options: 1) do nothing and use it; 2) put it outside, rub some dirt and walnut oil on it and hope for patina to develop; 3) try to color in patina with black Sharpie; 4) repair using Kintsugi (fake gold); 5) send to a professional Japanese Kintsugi artist to fill with real gold.
