Celadon is the colour of a glaze applied to stoneware and porcelain, that in turn, has given its name to the wares to which it has been applied.

The technique can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC) in Southern China. The technique spread other areas of China in the 3rd and 4th century, and later to South Korea, Northern Thailand and Japan.

Celadon glazes can be produced in a variety of colors, including white, grey, blue and yellow, depending on the thickness of the applied glaze, the type of clay to which it is applied, and the exact makeup of the glaze.

However, the most famous shades range in color from a very pale green to deep intense green, often meaning to mimic the green shades of jade.

The color is produced by iron oxide in the glaze recipe or clay body.

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Three Longquan celadon jars with iron Spots. Height 6 cm tallest

Iron-Speckled Celadon Jars from Longquan

Three Longquan celadon jars with iron Spots. Height 6 cm tallest

A Guan-style celadon glaze jar the cylindrical neck and everted…

Guan-style Celadon Glaze Jar with Crackling Glaze

A Guan-style celadon glaze jar the cylindrical neck and everted rim on a short tapering foot with all-over crackling to the glaze and burnt orange unglazed footrim 11 cm diameter note for a similar example see Sotheby's Australia, fine Asian, Australian &…

A Longquan style celadon tripod censer, height 6.5 cm, diameter…

Longquan Celadon Tripod Censer - 6.5cm height, 12.5cm diameter

A Longquan style celadon tripod censer, height 6.5 cm, diameter 12.5 cm

Chinese Ming Dynasty celadon charger, of circular form, with…

Ming Celadon Charger with Floral Incisions

Chinese Ming Dynasty celadon charger, of circular form, with serpentine edge, with incised floral decoration, on heavy circular foot, diameter 30 cm

A Ming celadon charger with fluted interior, 34 cm diameter.…

Ming Celadon Fluted Charger from Stevens Estate

A Ming celadon charger with fluted interior, 34 cm diameter. The Estate of Stanley Crawford Stevens.

Early Chinese celadon charger 34 cm diameter

Chinese Celadon Charger, 34cm Diameter

Early Chinese celadon charger 34 cm diameter

A celadon glazed tripod censer, Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century,…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Tripod Censer with Dragon Feet

A celadon glazed tripod censer, Ming Dynasty, 14th/15th century, with an incised floral design around the exterior, supported on dragon mask feet, carved and fitted hardwood stand in the form of three bats, 11 cm high, 26.2 to 27.2 cm diameter (irregular)…

A Chinese Longquan celadon washer, Southern Song (1127-1279),…

Southern Song Longquan Celadon Washer

A Chinese Longquan celadon washer, Southern Song (1127-1279), 13 cm diameter. Provenance: A private collection, Melbourne.

Chinese Ming Dynasty celadon charger, with a serpentine edge,…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Charger with Lotus Flowers

Chinese Ming Dynasty celadon charger, with a serpentine edge, incised with central lotus flowers, surrounded by stylised foliate border on slightly fluted sides, raised on circular foot, diameter 29 cm

A fine Longquan celadon jar, 13-14th century, decorated with…

Longquan Celadon Peony and Lotus Jar Set

A fine Longquan celadon jar, 13-14th century, decorated with moulded band of peony on the shoulder, a band of lotus petals on the lower half, covered in a good pale green glaze, together with two similar Longquan jars, 11 cm high, 10.5 cm high and 17.5 cm…

A Chinese Longquan ware celadon charger, Ming dynasty, 13-14th…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Charger with Incised Leaves

A Chinese Longquan ware celadon charger, Ming dynasty, 13-14th century, with incised leaves and fluted interior, 32 cm diameter

A Chinese celadon Longquan washer, Southern Song (1127-1279), 9.…

Chinese Celadon Longquan Washer, Southern Song Period

A Chinese celadon Longquan washer, Southern Song (1127-1279), 9.4 cm diameter

Good Chinese Longquan celadon charger, of circular form, with…

Longquan Celadon Charger with Peony and Wave Motifs

Good Chinese Longquan celadon charger, of circular form, with sloping sides, carved with central peony motif surrounded by a borders of wave scrolls, raised on flat circular foot

A celadon-glazed jar, seal mark of Qianlong, the ovoid body…

Qianlong Celadon Glazed Jar with Mock Handles

A celadon-glazed jar, seal mark of Qianlong, the ovoid body rising to a short neck, moulded on each side below the shoulders with a reversed 'C'-shaped mock handle, covered overall with a sea-green glaze of even tone, the base inscribed in underglaze blue…

A Chinese celadon-glaze jar, Qianlong six-character…

Qianlong Celadon Jar with Blue Mark - 23cm

A Chinese celadon-glaze jar, Qianlong six-character underglaze-blue mark 23 cm high

Chinese Longquan twin handled censer, of baluster form, with…

Longquan Twin-Handled Celadon Censer

Chinese Longquan twin handled censer, of baluster form, with loop handles and circular foot, in an olive green celadon glaze with crackle interior, height 7 cm

A 'Longquan' celadon censer, Ming Dynasty the deep slightly…

Ming Celadon Censer with Lozenge Carving and Cabriole Legs

A 'Longquan' celadon censer, Ming Dynasty the deep slightly flared sides carved on the exterior with lozenge diaper and set with three cabriole legs above the circular base pierced with a central aperture, all beneath the olive-green glaze falling short…

Chinese pale celadon porcelain figure of guanyin, possibly…

Qing Dynasty Pale Celadon Guanyin Figure

Chinese pale celadon porcelain figure of guanyin, possibly early Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), the goddess of mercy with serene expression, eyes closed, holding a ruyi sceptre, and seated on a foo dog, height 46 cm width 43 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Irena…

A Chinese celadon glazed Four-Lugged jar, Northern Qi (550-577).…

Chinese Celadon Glazed Four-Lugged Jar with Lotus Petal Motif

A Chinese celadon glazed Four-Lugged jar, Northern Qi (550-577). The jar is moulded with lotus petals on the body. Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter…

A Longquan celadon-glazed double fish plate 13th century with…

Longquan Celadon Double Fish Plate (with Provenance)

A Longquan celadon-glazed double fish plate 13th century with box, 13.3 cm diam. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney (label)

A Longquan celadon-glazed circular box and cover 12th/ 13th…

Longquan Celadon Box and Cover

A Longquan celadon-glazed circular box and cover 12th/ 13th century with box, 9 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney, 1 July 2007 (label)

A Chinese Longquan barbed foliate rim celadon charger, Ming…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Charger with Chrysanthemum Decoration

A Chinese Longquan barbed foliate rim celadon charger, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), circa late 14th century, decorated with an incised chrysanthemum and foliage to the centre, covered in an even sea-green celadon glaze, the base with an unglazed circular…

A Chinese Ming Dynasty Longquan celadon tripod incense burner,…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Incense Burner with Animal Feet

A Chinese Ming Dynasty Longquan celadon tripod incense burner, the rounded body raised on three animal mask feet, with the upper terminating in a flared rim. The exterior engraved with curly grass pattern, encircled with wave band at the rim, covered…

A celadon-glaze vessel, hu, 19th century 36.3 cm high.…

19th Century Celadon Hu Vessel

A celadon-glaze vessel, hu, 19th century 36.3 cm high. Provenance: Private collection, Sydney

A Chinese longquan celadon-glaze plate, Yuan or Ming dynasty,…

Longquan Celadon Plate with Peony Relief, Yuan/Ming Dynasty

A Chinese longquan celadon-glaze plate, Yuan or Ming dynasty, moulded with a peony in low relief to the centre, covered overall with a sea-green glaze except for a circle within the foot rim exposing the burnt orange during the firing process, 25 cm diam.…

Chinese Longquan celadon figure group, depicting a grotto…

Longquan Celadon Grotto Figure Group with Zenwhu and Kwan Yin

Chinese Longquan celadon figure group, depicting a grotto featuring Zenwhu and Kwan Yin and attendants, in unglazed, surrounded by green celadon grotto, with ex Bonhams Australia lot 83 label, 35 cm x 16 cm

A celadon-glazed tripod censer with slightly flared sides…

Celadon tripod censer with floral scroll design

A celadon-glazed tripod censer with slightly flared sides rising from three short cabriole legs to the flat incurved rim, moulded on the exterior with a continuous floral scroll, between a series of concentric rings encircling the base and the mouth,…

A large and impressive Ming Dynasty Loquan charger, impressed…

Ming Dynasty Loquan Charger with Celadon Glaze

A large and impressive Ming Dynasty Loquan charger, impressed with a floral design to the centre. The rounded sounds with incised vertical ribbing, the rim flat and slightly inverted. Covered all over in an unctuous sea green celadon glaze. The foot and…

A yue-ware celadon-glazed 'chicken' ewer Western Jin Dynasty 15.…

Yue-ware celadon-glazed 'chicken' ewer

A yue-ware celadon-glazed 'chicken' ewer Western Jin Dynasty 15.5 cm high. Provenance,. Mossgreen, International Decorative Arts From Three Private Collections, Sydney, 30 Oct 2016, lot 336 (by repute). Private collection, Sydney. International Decorative…

A Chinese Yue Wae celadon ewer with chicken handle, West Jin…

Chinese Celadon Ewer with Chicken Handle from West Jin Dynasty

A Chinese Yue Wae celadon ewer with chicken handle, West Jin (265-317), 16.5 cm high

A celadon-glazed washer with tomobako, 13.3 cm diam., 3 cm high

Celadon Glazed Washer with Tomobako - 10cm High

A celadon-glazed washer with tomobako, 13.3 cm diam., 3 cm high

A Chinese pale celadon carved charger, Guangxu mark to base,…

Chinese carved celadon charger, Guangxu mark, 19th century

A Chinese pale celadon carved charger, Guangxu mark to base, late 19th century 35 cm diameter

A Longquan celadon glazed melon-shape ewer, 13th/14th century,…

Longquan Celadon Melon-Shaped Ewer, 13th/14th Century

A Longquan celadon glazed melon-shape ewer, 13th/14th century, 7 cm high. Provenance: National Museum of the Philippines, accompanied with a 'Certificate of Registration' issued by the museum to V. M. Antiques on 2 April 1984, and also bearing a museum…

A longquan-style celadon glazed tripod censer, with a…

Longquan Celadon Tripod Censer with Reticulated Metal Top

A longquan-style celadon glazed tripod censer, with a reticulated metal top and stand, cushioned pouch and box, 11.1 cm high

A large Chinese Longquan celadon censer, Ming Dynasty…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Censer with Soapstone Finial

A large Chinese Longquan celadon censer, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), circa 15th century, of bombe form on three legs, with incised lattice decoration to the sides, covered in a pleasant sea-green glaze. Together with an old hardwood stand and lid surmounted…

A celadon glazed and gilt washer Qianlong six-character gilt…

Qianlong Celadon Gilt Washer with Seal Mark

A celadon glazed and gilt washer Qianlong six-character gilt seal mark 11.8 cm diam.

A rare Chinese celadon glazed ewer, early Ming period, the wine…

Ming Period Celadon Glazed Phoenix Ewer

A rare Chinese celadon glazed ewer, early Ming period, the wine ewer decorated with phoenix in relief and has a dragon form mouth and handles, 27.4 cm high. Reference: Yokyo National Museum collection - Yuan Shu-Fu glazed ewer Provenance: A private…

A Chinese celadon glazed 'Longevity' moon flask (Da Qing…

Chinese celadon glazed 'Longevity' moon flask

A Chinese celadon glazed 'Longevity' moon flask (Da Qing Qianlong Nian Zhi mark). A beautifully potted and glazed moon flask, covered in a pale celadon glaze, the underside with an underglaze blue 6-character Qianlong mark. Condition: with expected minor…

A Chinese Lonquan celadon charger, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Charger with Peony Decoration

A Chinese Lonquan celadon charger, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), circa late 14th century, decorated with an impressed peony surrounded by carved scrolling foliage and flowers, covered in an even celadon glaze. Unglazed ring within the footrim with remnant…

A medium sized Longquan barbed charger, with impressed…

Ming Dynasty Longquan Charger with Floral Border

A medium sized Longquan barbed charger, with impressed decoration in the centre, and freely executed floral border in the cavetto, covered in a pale fine celadon glaze except for the burned orange biscuit of the base, early Ming dynasty, circa 14th-15th…

A Shiwan-ware celadon-glazed tripod, 19th century, with a stand…

A Shiwan-ware celadon-glazed tripod, 19th century, with a stand and a fitted box, 9.8 cm high

A Chinese Longquan celadon tripod censer, Ming dynasty,…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Tripod Censer with Ba Gua Design

A Chinese Longquan celadon tripod censer, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century, supported on three zoomorphic feet, covered in a crackled green glaze, the exterior with eight trigrams (Ba Gua) the base and the centre of the interior unglazed and burnt brick…

Three Chinese small celadon glazed vessels, Western Zhou (1045…

Chinese Celadon Vessels: Hochstadter Collection

Three Chinese small celadon glazed vessels, Western Zhou (1045 Bc-771 Bc). Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice Chu, acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 hence by descent. Walter Hochstadter was a well known and…

A Chinese celadon-glaze and biscuit 'Shrine' of guanyin and…

Celadon Guanyin Shrine with Attendants

A Chinese celadon-glaze and biscuit 'Shrine' of guanyin and attendants, 39 cm high

A large antique Chinese celadon porcelain censer with incised…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Porcelain Censer with Carved Stand

A large antique Chinese celadon porcelain censer with incised geometric design resting on three feet with a finely carved timber stand, Ming Dynasty 14th/15th century, 23 cm high overall, 33.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Private Collection Melbourne with…

A 'Longquan' celadon meiping Ming dynasty, of stoutly potted…

Ming Dynasty Celadon Peony Meiping Vase

A 'Longquan' celadon meiping Ming dynasty, of stoutly potted baluster form, the exterior carved with a broad continuous peony scroll between foliate scrolls around the shoulders and waisted base, covered overall with a greyish green glaze apart from the…

A Chinese carved longquan celadon charger, 15th to 16th century,…

15th-16th Century Chinese Celadon Charger

A Chinese carved longquan celadon charger, 15th to 16th century, 64.5 cm wide, 8.5 cm high. Provenance: NSW private collection, acquired during the 1950s or 1960s in Singapore and hence by descent

A rare Chinese Longquan celadon guan-type octagonal stem cup,…

Rare Chinese Longquan celadon octagonal stem cup

A rare Chinese Longquan celadon guan-type octagonal stem cup, probably Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). The octagonal flaring sides with an unglazed deity sculpted in relief to the exterior of each panel, incised florals to the interior. Supported on a…

A Longquan celadon-glazed stem cup 15th/ 16th century 12.8 cm…

Longquan Celadon Stem Cup, 15th/16th Century

A Longquan celadon-glazed stem cup 15th/ 16th century 12.8 cm diam., 12.2 cm high. Provenance: Raymond & Victoria Tregaskis, Sydney, 28 Aug 2003 (receipt)

A small Chinese celadon ru -type hexagonal crackle-glaze washer,…

Qing Celadon Hexagonal Washer with Qianlong Mark

A small Chinese celadon ru -type hexagonal crackle-glaze washer, Qianlong six-character underglaze blue seal mark, late Qing dynasty 9.6 cm diameter, 3 cm high. Provenance: Private collection Victoria

A fine Chinese Yue celadon 'Chicken head Spout' ewer, Southern…

Chinese Yue Celadon 'Chicken Head Spout' Ewer, Southern Dynasties

A fine Chinese Yue celadon 'Chicken head Spout' ewer, Southern Dynasties (420-589). For a very similar example please see, 30/11/2022, lot 106. A two lugged example, see 6/10/2015, lot 73. Provenance: The Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter and Alice…

A pair of Jun-ware celadon-glazed cup stands, 15th/ 16th…

A pair of Jun-ware celadon-glazed cup stands, 15th/ 16th century, with a fitted box, 9.3 cm diam. each (2).

A Ming style celadon-glazed ewer, the pear-shaped body…

Ming-style Celadon Ewer with Peony Carvings

A Ming style celadon-glazed ewer, the pear-shaped body supported on a short straight foot, rising to a slender waisted neck with broad everted mouth, set on one side with a slender upright spout joined to the side with a shaped strut opposite the bold…

A 'Longquan' celadon garden seat Ming dynasty of barrel form,…

Ming Celadon Garden Seat with Buddhist Lion Frieze

A 'Longquan' celadon garden seat Ming dynasty of barrel form, the sides decorated with an openwork frieze of Buddhist lions among flowering stems and cloud scrolls, between bands of key fret and further flowering sprays, the slightly domed top carved with…

A Chinese late Yuan/Early Ming Dynasty Longquan large plate…

Large Longquan Plate with Lotus Engraving and Celadon Glaze

A Chinese late Yuan/Early Ming Dynasty Longquan large plate engraved lotus, the shallow rounded sides rise from a short foot to an outward-curving rim, freely carved interior with a lotus and leaf, covered overall in celadon glaze save for the base burnt…