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cel·a·don  (sl-dn)
n.
1. A pale to very pale green.
2. A type of pottery having a pale green glaze, originally produced in China.

[French, after Céladon, a character in L'Astrée, a romance by Honoré d'Urfé (1568-1625), French writer, after Celadn, a character in Ovid's Metamorphoses.]

cela·don adj.
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celadon [ˈsɛləˌdɒn]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a type of porcelain having a greyish-green glaze: mainly Chinese
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a pale greyish-green colour, sometimes somewhat yellow
[from French, from the name of the shepherd hero of L'Astrée (1610), a romance by Honoré d'Urfé]
Translations
celadon
nSeladon nt
adjseladongrün


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But without a doubt this broad focus is most evident in ceramics, of which the renowned celadons may not even be the most august examples.
Fifty-five glaze tests later I had explored several parameters: --cone 10 reduction celadons --fake cone 6 oxidation celadons --percentages of iron content --red iron versus black iron oxide versus iron silicate.
21 Transmitting Culture: Korean Ceramics From Korean-American Collections in Southern California, spanning first- through seventh-century unglazed stoneware pieces of the Three Kingdoms through precious celadons and Choson porcelains.
 
 
 
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