celadonn.
/ˈsɛlədɒn/ 1. The name of a pale shade of green resembling that of the willow.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green
willow-green1672
oil-green1673
lily-green1739
celadon1768
nascent green1839
ice-green1863
eau-de-nil1870
Nile green1871
absinthe1872
reseda1874
feuille1883
mignonette1883
chartreuse1884
water-green1884
mignonette-green1888
Nile1895
serpent1895
willow1922
peppermint1930
kelly1936
1768 E. Buys New & Compl. Dict. Terms Art I Celadon, a Sea-green Colour.
1857 F. Locker My Neighbour in London Lyrics iii I doat upon Frail jars, turquoise and celadon.
1876 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land I. 125 A cool green-blue, a celadon tint that reposed the eye and the brain.
1877 Longfellow 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.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > pottery ornamented in specific way
lustre ware1825
celadon1850
willow-ware1851
spatterware1856
sgraffiato1862
barbotine1865
sgraffito1878
slipware1883
photoceramic1892
sponged ware1957
1850 J. Marryat Coll. towards Hist. Pottery & 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.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 622/1 Céladon, very like that made in China, but greyer in tint, is common earthenware covered with a green enamel.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 634/2 A specimen of this céladon ware.
1954 M. 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.
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