celadon

• “It was done in soft, warm colors: salmon and beige and a pale green she called celadon.”

  Simon & Schuster: Willow

• “These cups were of that sea-green tint called celadon, with a very wonderful glow and radiance.”

  The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages

• “There was what we call "celadon" [green-glazed] porcelain — little bowls and cups, and pots with spouts in the shape of chickens 'heads, a typical Six Dynasties object — some mirrors, and some stone slabs.”

  Digging Up China's Best Exhibitions

• “Still, terms such as celadon, souci, or goose shit green, like aurore and scarlet, represent a precise definition at the moment of its use, even if that definition is imprecise over time. 8 Web Link”

  The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe

• “These nevertheless embellished only certain of the mends — for example a missing or shattered portion of the foot or rim — and stand in shimmering contrast with the unctuous celadon or other luminous or earthy glazes with which the vessel was originally fired.”

  Archive 2009-07-01

• “Later, imported porcelains caught the eye of 13th- through 17th-century potters who not only imitated the colors—blue and white, celadon and white—but riffed on such motifs as rising phoenixes, swimming fish and writhing dragons.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Many Paths Toward an Islamic Aesthetic

• “Mr. Smith said interviews will also happen in the area, which features banquettes in bronze, aqua, celadon, pecan and sandalwood hues; paintings by Thomas Hart Benton and Rockwell Kent; Mr. Smith's own art books; energy-efficient TVs; bottles of water; a hibiscus bamboo floor lamp; a sound-absorbing cork floor; battery-operated votives no lit candles allowed! and, just to make even Nicole Kidman feel at home, a calming bowl of lemons.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Oscar Greenroom: Aqua, Pecan, Lemons

• “It includes four black 13-inch freeform platters, four celadon 10-inch wave plates, four cantaloupe 7-inch triangles and four 7-inch copper bowl.”

  Mug Pfaltzgraff | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles

• “The Dokhan features Paris' first champagne bar in a room featuring walls imported from Italy, of celadon, wood panels with gilt trim enhanced by soft, low light from tapers on wall sconces and chandeliers.”

  The Huffington Post: Denise Dennis: See, Stroll and Savor Paris in Spring

• “The temple of tresses held its grand opening bash at Ricochet in Miami's microcosm of Midtown, home to such urban creature comforts as Target, West Elm, The Dog Bar, Gigi café and PetSmart, where -- good to know -- they sell fresh organic wheatgrass for cats and little Martha Stewart pet poopy bags in a lovely celadon green.”

  The Huffington Post: Tara Solomon: For the Love of Liz, and Other Miami Moments

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