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Definition of Celadons
1. celadon [n] - See also: celadon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celadons
Literary usage of Celadons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1900)
"He says of these celadons :— ' Lcs celadons dits " bleu cle ciel apres la ...
Notons enfin, dans le meme groupc ceramique les celadons bleu empois dont la ..."
2. China: Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"Neither of these manufactures possesses much practical interest except as showing
that, at the close of the sixteenth century, celadons of the recognised ..."
3. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"Mais les celadons ornes de dessins graves ou imprimes en relief dans la pate du
... The spotted celadons which were the rage in France in the eighteenth ..."
4. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Sculpture by Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch Reitz, Rose Sickler Williams (1916)
"A great deal of confusion will be avoided if it be recognised that the Lung-ch'üan
celadons did not originate with the Chang brothers. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Besides the celadons which are the most uniform in tints of the Sung glazes, we
get many shades of palish lavender, brownish yellow and brownish black, ..."
6. Intimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen Them by Archibald Little (1899)
"The prevailing colour of these celadons is green, the colour of jade ; and yellow
is mentioned as one of the ingredients used for producing this colour. ..."
7. Grand Feu Ceramics: A Practical Treatise on the Making of Fine Porcelain and by Taxile Doat, Charles Fergus Binns (1905)
"The greatest part of the old Chinese and Corean celadons were thus obtained with
iron. These celadons are finer on grès than porcelain, especially when the ..."
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