{"id":232,"date":"2026-10-07T08:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/understanding-celadon\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:10:47","slug":"understanding-celadon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/understanding-celadon\/","title":{"rendered":"Celadon: Understanding the Green Glaze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celadon is the name used in the West for a family of green-glazed ceramics. In Chinese it is simply qingci \u2013 &#8220;green ware&#8221;. The colour can range from pale blue-green to deep olive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where the green comes from<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small amount of iron in the glaze turns green when the kiln is fired in a reduction atmosphere \u2013 that is, with limited oxygen. With more oxygen, the same glaze would fire yellowish or brown. Controlling this atmosphere is one of the key skills in making celadon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Longquan tradition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longquan in Zhejiang province is one of the best-known celadon-producing areas. Longquan-style pieces are often admired for thick, soft, slightly opaque glazes that are built up in several layers. Where the glaze runs thin \u2013 on rims, edges and carved lines \u2013 the colour lightens, giving the surface depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crackle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some celadon glazes have a network of fine cracks, called crackle. It forms as the glaze and body shrink at different rates while cooling. On some pieces it is intentional and decorative; on food-use pieces, choose a smooth glaze or clean crackled items carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Living with celadon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celadon tableware and teaware are used just like other glazed ceramics. Wash by hand, avoid sudden temperature changes and let thick-walled pieces warm up gradually before pouring in boiling water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celadon is the name used in th&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-porcelain-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china.nanyangaroma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}