Richard mahaffey on tue 7 jul 98
Hello,
The story I have been told is that the name Celadon came from the name of
the Emporor (King?) Salidin who believed that pottery glazed with Celadon
Glaze would turn color if poison food was placed on it. It also may have
to do with the Silk Road, just like the Italians call "tin opacified lead
glazed earthen ware" Majolica because they first picked it up on the
island of Majorca. Others call it Hispano-Mooresque ware, or Faience
(From Feianza (sp?) in Italy. In other words, people often label things
by the location where they first learnded of it.
By the way the name is Seiji (say gee) in Japanese.
Hope this helps. But this is posted on the internet, after all, so
consider the source.
Rick Mahaffey
Tacoma Community College,
bound for Japan with some clay students....maybe I should have my head
examined.
Tacoma, Washington, USA
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