HISTORY
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Unique style of porcelain with a blue-green glaze
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A super-realistic style of painting
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A three-line style of poetry
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A form of jade sculpture developed in Korea
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Detailed explanation-1: -Celadon (/ˈsɛlədɒn/) is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color, also known as greenware or “green ware” (the term specialists now tend to use), and a type of transparent glaze, often with small cracks, that was first used on greenware, but later used on other porcelains.
Detailed explanation-2: -Celadon is a pale blue green named after a type of ceramic that originated in China. Celadon is both a color and a glaze that was developed and refined during the 10th and 11th centuries. Celadon, the color, has undertones of gray and jade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Song celadon wares can be divided into two styles: the grey-based northern celadon and the southern Longquan celadon pottery, which is the most famous. Eventually, these traditions spread to Korea where artists refined them into a form of celadon pottery known as Goryeo celadon.
Detailed explanation-4: -Celadon is created using stoneware (or porcelain) and fired in a reduction kiln, one of the reasons being is this has the highest reaction with iron oxide, which is used in the glaze.
Detailed explanation-5: -celadon, greenish ceramic glaze that is used on stoneware. Celadon is used both for the glaze itself and for the article so glazed.