Celadon Pottery

I love celadon pottery.  I have many

lovely pieces, especially since JK knows

I love it and gives me beautiful gifts like

this one.  Celadon is the name of the color

of the pale jade green glaze.

I also collect blue & white Japanese

pottery and we refer to this type as

"my pattern" because I love the way

the celadon looks with the blue and

I'm always searching for more pieces

of this style.

I visited Topkapi Palace in Istanbul

recently and I found it interesting that

celadon pottery was very popular with

the Sultans.  It was not due to its beauty

though, it was believed that poisoned

food would change color when served on

celadon pottery.  Thankfully, we don't have

those issues...

fai

In the ChataChuk market in Bangkok

there were stalls filled with celadon.

When I see this photo I ask why didn't

I buy those stacking platters in the upper

right corner, the ones with the elephant

motif.  I suspect it was because I almost

fainted from the heat.  Next time it's mine!

I did pick up a few pieces as I traveled

around Asia.  Two of them I keep on this

old wooden cabinet in my bedroom.  The

one on the right is for a candle or incense

and is beautiful when a candle is lit inside.