Celadon Glaze. Celadon is a term for pottery denoting both wares glazed in the jade green celadon color and a type of transparent glaze, often with small cracks, that was first used on greenware, but later used on other porcelains. Celadon originated in China, though the term is purely European, and notable kilns such as the Longquan kiln in Zhejiang province are renowned for their celadon glazes. Celadon production later spread to other parts of East Asia, such as Japan and Korea as well as Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand.
Eventually, European potteries produced some pieces, but it was never a major element there. Finer pieces are in porcelain, but both the color and the glaze can be produced in stoneware and earthenware. Most of the earlier Longquan celadon is on the border of stoneware and porcelain, meeting the Chinese but not the European definitions of porcelain. Reference: Wikipedia
A FAMILLE ROSE CELADON-GROUND MOONFLASK 19th century
Decorated to each face with butterflies amongst flowering peony stems, the sides with bats amongst clouds. 39cm (15 3/8in) high.
Sold for £ 1,147 (US$ 1,416) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2021
A PAIR OF GILT-METAL MOUNTED THEODORE DECK FAIENCE CELADON-GROUND LAMPS CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED TH. DECK MARKS AND CYPHER.
Painted and enriched in gilt foil with birds, butterflies and flowers on a background lightly molded with flower-heads and scrolls
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high, the ceramic
Sold for USD 5,000 in 2021
Chinese Celadon Jade Brush Washer
19th Century
Carved as a large lotus leaf with butterflies and budding flowers. Diameter 5 inches.
Sold for $5,625 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2020
A Famille Rose Celadon Vase Late Qing. With a globular body and tubular, slightly waisted neck, exterior has protruding pattern with famille rose painting of flowers butterflies and clouds against a celadon ground, H:33cm
Sold for CA$2,000 at Stunning Arts Auction & Appraisal in 2022
A rare celadon-glazed ‘butterfly’ box and cover Tang dynasty / Five dynasties of compressed circular form, the narrow straight sides tapering towards a flat base, the domed cover molded to the top with a butterfly in flight, the auspicious insect highlighted with dark brown spots at the head and wings, covered with a translucent glaze of a pale celadon color suffused with a fine network of crackles.
Sold for 12,600 USD at Sotheby’s in 2021
