Chinese Ceramic Glazes
So what is a glaze.
Chinese ceramic glazes. These pots are highly refined and the glazes are very uniform. Chinese ceramics vary greatly in their glazes and decoration and the many technical terms involved can be daunting for collectors who are new to the category. In general glaze is an impervious layer or glass like coating which is applied to a ceramic body then fused through firing explains specialist jessica chang. Celadon production later spread to other parts of east asia such as japan and korea as well as southeast asian countries such as thailand.
Generally the glaze of porcelain of earlier times did have a mellow gloss. Celadon originated in china though the term is purely european and notable kilns such as the longquan kiln in zhejiang province are renowned for their celadon glazes. Shiny mellow glazes the transparent glass like glaze characteristics that give some porcelains their shine was present throughout the qing dynasty.