Celadon is the name given to a wide range of high-fired oriental stoneware having a distinctive blue-green or grey-green glaze. It is essentially a colour term, and the name is believed to have been taken from that of the shepherd, Céladon, who appeared in a 17th century French play wearing grey-green clothes.

The softness of colour and tactile quality of celadon glazes are among their most prized attributes, giving them a strong resemblance to jade, still regarded by the Chinese as the most precious of all materials. Thickly applied, their deep translucence and fluidity permit patterns to be cut into the clay when it is leather hard before firing, imparting a subtle and mysterious depth to the designs. Tiny, opalescent, bubbles held in suspension produce a surface uniquely cool to the touch.


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As in ancient times, the subtle colour tones of celadon glazes can only be achieved in kilns which produce a long smoky flame, a technique known as reduction firing, when the amount of oxygen entering the chamber is strictly controlled. It is this prerequisite which renders them essentially art glazes, difficult to produce in commercial quantities.

At the kilns of Ceramthai the celadon craft of northern Thailand has been refined into a more modern idiom. Emphasis is given to freshness in design, whilest retaining the traditional mellow charm of the naturally crackled glaze. With long experience in the production of celadon, Ceramthai have developed distinctive glazes for the connoisseurs of this beautiful ware, each piece created entirely by hand.