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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.
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.
Pottery and celadon had been introduced into the Korean peninsula in the Three Kingdom age.Demand for higher quality porcelain increased as the Goryeo Dynasty emerged. Along with the development of tea culture and Buddhism, wares based on traditional and southern China (Song dynasty) porcelain began production in Goryeo
Celadon Group, Inc. was a truckload shipping company located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was one of the ten largest truckload carriers in North America and at its peak operated 4,000 trucks and owned an additional 11,000 trucks through Quality Equipment, its leasing division.
Goryeo Celadon. Goryeo was a golden era for porcelains. Goryeo celadon, Buncheong and even Baekje white porcelain appeared during this dynasty. Even though, celadon first made during Baekje kingdom period 3rd to 4th century, in Goryeo it is applied to various forms and designs.
Celadon (color), a pale, sea-green pigment; Celadon Trucking, a trucking company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Céladon, a character in L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé; Celadon, mythology, was killed by Amykos; The Celadon, a river in Ancient Greece; Celadon City, a fictional city in the Pokémon series of video games.
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.
Celadonite is a mica group mineral, a phyllosilicate of potassium, iron in both oxidation states, aluminium and hydroxide with formula K(Mg,Fe 2+)(Fe 3+,Al)[Si 4 O 10](OH) 2.. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and usually forms massive aggregates of prismatic crystallites or, more commonly, in dull clay masses.