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== Description == | == Description == | ||
A soft, gray-green, iron-containing [[ceramic glaze]]. Similar in color to [[celadonite]], celadon glaze is prepared by firing [[iron oxide red|iron oxide]] in a reducing oven. Celadon was developed during the Sung Dynasty and was valued for its resemblance to [[jade]] (Mayer 1969). | A soft, gray-green, iron-containing [[ceramic glaze]]. Similar in color to [[celadonite]], celadon glaze is prepared by firing [[iron oxide red|iron oxide]] in a reducing oven. Celadon was developed during the Sung Dynasty and was valued for its resemblance to [[jade]] (Mayer 1969). | ||
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See also [[green earth]]. | See also [[green earth]]. | ||
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
celedone; celadón (Esp.); céladon (Fr., Port.); celadon (Ned.) | celedone; celadón (Esp.); céladon (Fr., Port.); celadon (Ned.) | ||
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== Additional Images == | == Additional Images == | ||
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File:image9_celadon.jpg|Tile with celadon color glaze | File:image9_celadon.jpg|Tile with celadon color glaze | ||
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* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) | * Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) | ||
Latest revision as of 09:04, 24 May 2022
Description
A soft, gray-green, iron-containing Ceramic glaze. Similar in color to Celadonite, celadon glaze is prepared by firing iron oxide in a reducing oven. Celadon was developed during the Sung Dynasty and was valued for its resemblance to Jade (Mayer 1969).
See also Green earth.
Synonyms and Related Terms
celedone; celadón (Esp.); céladon (Fr., Port.); celadon (Ned.)
Additional Images
Tile with celadon color glaze
Resources and Citations
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Robert Fournier, Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, 1992
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000