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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.
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
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.
Korean pottery developed a distinct style of its own, with its own shapes, such as the moon jar or Buncheong sagi which is a new form between earthenware and porcelain, white clay inlay celadon of Goryeo, and later styles like minimalism that represents Korean Joseon philosophers' idea.
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.
Celadon Incense Burner from the Korean Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), with kingfisher color glaze. Pottery during the Goryeo dynasty reached very high levels of refinement. The kilns at Buan-gun in North Jeolla Province produced earthenware while the Ganjingun kilns produced celadon wares. The kiln sites are important today because they are the ...
Yaozhou ware (Chinese: 耀州窯; pinyin: Yàozhōu yáo; Wade–Giles: Yao-chou yao) is a type of celadon or greenware in Chinese pottery, which was at its height during the Northern Song dynasty. It is the largest and typically the best of the wares in the group of Northern Celadon wares. [1]
Seto ware (瀬戸焼, Seto-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery, stoneware, and ceramics produced in and around the city of Seto in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. [1] The Japanese term for it, setomono, is also used as a generic term for all pottery. [2] Seto was the location of one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. [3]