celadon

noun cel·a·don \ ˈse-lə-ˌdän , -lə-dən \

|Updated on: 17 May 2018

Definition of celadon

1 : a grayish-yellow green

2 : a ceramic glaze originated in China that is greenish in color; also : an article with a celadon glaze

Recent Examples of celadon from the Web

The palette on the shelves includes rosy pinks, celadon greens, caramel, violet, sapphire and aquamarine.

— New York Times, "A Tiffany Collector of Things Pastel," 8 May 2018
You’re also lulled by the background color, a restful celadon borrowed from Korean porcelain.

— kathleen renda, House Beautiful, "A Spanish Bungalow Is Reimagined with Artistic Prints and Patterns," 2 Apr. 2018
The house also sold a celadon-green Yongzheng amphora for $18 million in Hong Kong in May. Collectors from the U.S. and Asia outspent all rivals this spring, each winning 35% of Christie’s offerings.

— kelly crow, WSJ, "Newcomers Muscle Into Art Market’s High End," 19 July 2017
Incidents occur, as randomly assorted as the merchandise: a freak stabbing, a visit to a yakuza mobster with a suit of samurai armor to sell, the death of an Afghan hound, the appearance of a celadon bowl that may or may not be cursed.

— janice p. nimura, New York Times, "Fiction From Japan, for the Old World and the New," 11 Aug. 2017
Nearly 100 items will be offered from the Asian arts department, including a massive Chinese celadon jade mountain, and a variety of Chinese porcelain, hardstone, and jadeite vases.

— erin arvedlund, Philly.com, "Freeman's hosts millennial-style auction party, with free booze and fine art," 4 Aug. 2017
Butterflies and beetles from far-flung jungles, sizes pea to pear, colors boot-black, celadon green, tomato red, lie in rows behind glass.

— david coggins, Town & Country, "Author and Illustrator David Coggins Takes Us Through Paris in His Story, 1999," 10 Dec. 2015
In one painting, smoke rings of white and celadon float above a dark-purple femurlike form against a beautiful red-on-cream crosshatch pattern startlingly similar to that which Jasper Johns employed in the 1970s.

— roberta smith, martha schwendener, jason farago and will heinrich, New York Times, "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," 25 May 2017
Celadon’s problems stem from a big bet on truck leasing a few years ago, with that unit growing from 750 tractors in 2013 to 11,300 last year.

— paul page, WSJ, "Today’s Top Supply Chain and Logistics News From WSJ," 3 May 2017

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