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Celadon (/ ˈ s ɛ l ə d ɒ n /) is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware or "green ware" (the term specialists now tend to use), [1] and a type of transparent glaze, often with small cracks, that was first used on greenware, but later used on other porcelains.
Celadon / ˈ s ɛ l ə d ɒ n / is a pale greyish shade of green, or rather a range of such shades. Celadon originates as a term for a class of Chinese ceramics , copied by Korea and Japan. However, the name, which is European, may originate from the character Celadon in L'Astrée , a French pastoral novel of 1627, who wore a light green color.
Celadon In relief refers to celadon made using embossing technique. There are two kinds of embossed celadon. The first is celadon which must be embossed to show its shape, and the other is celadon with embossing used for decorative purposes. Incised Celadon is made by engraving technique, which shows patterns that enter the surface of the bowl ...
Longquan celadon (Chinese: 龙泉青瓷) is a type of green-glazed Chinese ceramic, known in the West as celadon or greenware, produced from about 950 to 1550. The kilns were mostly in Lishui prefecture in southwestern Zhejiang Province in the south of China, and the north of Fujian Province.
Celadon, white porcelain, and storage pottery were similar, but with certain variations in glazes, incision designs, florality, and weight. The Ming influence in blue and white wares using cobalt -blue glazes existed, but without the pthalo blue range, and the three-dimensional glassine colour depth of Ming Dynasty Chinese works.
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The wares are closely related to Guan ware, also notable for crackle effects, and also Longquan celadon. [12] Even more than in Guan ware, the glaze colour is a cream or ivory tending to grey or brown, with little green in it, although the wares come under the broad celadon grouping.
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