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celadon|ˈsɛlədɒn| [a. F. céladon; according to Littré the colour was named after Céladon, a character in D'Urfé's romance of Astrée.] 1. The name of a pale shade of green resembling that of the willow.
1768E. Buys Dict. Terms of Art, Celadon, a Sea-green Colour. 1857F. Locker Lond. Lyrics, My Neighb. Rose iii, I doat upon Frail jars, turquoise and celadon. 1876R. Burton Gorilla L. I. 125 A cool green-blue, a celadon tint that reposed the eye and the brain. 1877Longfellow in Harper's Mag. Dec., A sky Just washed by gentle April rains, And beautiful with céladon. 2. (Chinese) pottery or porcelain with a pale greyish-green glaze.
1850J. Marryat Coll. Hist. Pott. & Porcelain vi. 111 King-te-tching is also stated to be the site of the manufactory of the old sea-green and crackle porcelain, generally known by the name of Celadon. This term, however, has been since applied to all porcelain of this description, whatever the colour may be. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 622/1 Céladon, very like that made in China, but greyer in tint, is common earthenware covered with a green enamel. Ibid. 634/2 A specimen of this céladon ware. 1954M. Wheeler Archaeol. from Earth xi. 141 Chinese celadon ware penetrated far and wide over Asia and Africa in the ninth and following centuries A.D. |