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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 originated in China, though the term is purely European, and notable kilns such as the Longquan kiln in Zhejiang province are renowned for their celadon glazes. [2] Celadon production later spread to other parts of East Asia, such as Japan and Korea, [3] as well as Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand. Eventually, European ...
The kilns produced celadon around the Shanglin Lake area during the Tang, Han, and Song dynasties are referred to as such. [1] A variety of different wares were manufactured during the kilns' history, including " jars , spittoons , wine pots , incense burners , cups, bowls, flasks, cases, writing-brush basins, dishes, handle-less cups, pots ...
Underglazed Celadon : The patterns of underglazed celadon are drawn with white & black paint on the surface of the bowl. The celadon is then painted with glaze and fired in a kiln. Paste-on-paste Celadon uses clay on brushes to draw dots or pictures before applying glaze. It is similar to inlaid celadon, but the patterns are not smooth.
Tang dynasty stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware), found in Samarra, Iraq. Yue ware originated in the Yue kilns of Northern Zhejiang, in the site of Jiyuan near Shaoxing, called in ancient times "Yuezhou" (越州). [1] [4] Its name goes back to the Yue Kingdom of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BCE). [2]
A fully restored kiln based on those excavations is now housed at the National Museum of Korea. The Goryeo Celadon Office was established in 1986 to preserve kiln sites and also to reproduce and reconstruct the techniques lost many hundreds of years ago. The Goryeo Celadon Museum in Gangjin features the history of the sites and houses a collection.
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This was the first type of celadon glaze in history of Chinese ceramics and therefore these kind of wares are sometimes called proto-celadon. Very rare in the Shang period, proto-porcelain was further developed in the Zhou period, together with imprinted hard pottery.