celadon

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A pale green Chinese glaze
A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze
A pale green colour or tinted with gray

celadon colour:.

Of a pale green colour tinted with gray
{i} porcelain or ceramic item glazed with celadon
> This term is applied to high-fired ceramics with greenish-blue-grey glazes, which owe their color to the reduction of iron oxide in the glaze during firing Celadon wares were made in China from the Shang dynasty, but those from the period 10th-14th century are particularly admired The name is not used in Asia, but is of Western origin It may derive from the color of a costume worn by the shepherd, Celadon, in Honoré D'Urfé's 17th century pastoral romance L'Astrée It may alternatively derive from a corruption of the name Saladin, the name of the Sultan who, in AD 1171, sent a gift of such ceramics to the Sultan of Damascus In China such wares are known as qingci, high-fired green wares
A grey-green, jade-like, transparent stoneware glaze A feldspathic type glaze in which the color is derived from iron oxide fired in a reduction atmosphere Originated in China during the 9th century
Chinese, Korean, Siamese, and Japanese stoneware decorated with glazes the colour range of which includes greens of various shades, olive, blue, and gray. The colours are the result of a wash of slip (liquefied clay) containing a high proportion of iron that is applied to the body before glazing. The iron interacts with the glaze during the firing and colours it. Celadons were prized in Eastern cultures long before their comparatively late introduction to the West. A wide demand led to their export to India, Persia, and Egypt in the Tang dynasty (618-907) and to most of Asia in the Song (960-1279) and Ming (1368-1644) dynasties. The ware was popular because of its beauty, because of a superstition that a celadon dish would break or change colour if poisoned food were put into it, and because, to the Chinese, it resembled jade. Yue ware, first made in the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), is the earliest celadon
A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint
a grayish yellow green
The lover of Amelia, a “matchless beauty ” Being overtaken by a storm, Amelia became alarmed, but Celadon, folding her in his arms, exclaimed, “ `Tis safety to be near thee, sure, and thus to clasp perfection ” As he spoke, a flash of lightning struck Amelia dead (Thomson: The Seasons; Summer )
a transparent green colour glaze
A grey-green glaze, usually pale in colour, of Chinese origin Example
A Chinese-Korean pottery glaze characterized by its mat gray-green color
{i} pale greyish-green color; variety of light green ceramic glaze

Related Terms

celadon green
pale grayish-green color
celadon

    Hyphenation

    cel·a·don

    Turkish pronunciation

    selıdän

    Pronunciation

    /ˈseləˌdän/ /ˈsɛləˌdɑːn/

    Etymology

    [ 'se-l&-"dän, -l&- ] (noun.) circa 1768. Borrowed from the French, celadon is likely to derive from the name of Salah-ed-din (Saladin), Sultan of Egypt, circa 1171. However many dictionaries attribute it to the character named Celadon in the novel "Astree" by Honore d'Urfe. The character always wore pale green ribbons.
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