Page 14 - Old Hyderabad China : (history, legend, and characteristics)

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" imitation was exported by the Siamese.
" This Celadon ware was highly valued by
" the Mahommedans, among other reasons

" for its supposed virtue of detecting poison.
" In the genuine old ware the paste, although

" appearing white when seen through the
" glaze, is of a pecuhar reddish tint when
" exposed on the foot. The red colouring

" is the criterion of genuineness for the
" native connoisseur."

and Gulland :

" The word '' Celadon " is unfortunate-
" ly used in two senses, firstly, as a general
" term where the substance of which the
" vessel is made is hid from view by the
" coloured glaze with which it is covered

" in the other, as indicating that particular

"range of greens known by this name. It
" is, therefore, difficult at times to know
" how to interpret the meaning of the
" word " Celadon." Pieces to which the
'' word may be appHed in both acceptations
" are probably among the oldest specimens
" we have of Chinese porcelain. Those sent
" by the Sultan of Egypt to Lorenzo de

" Medici in 1487 are said to have been

" Celadon in make and colour, as is the
" Cup of Archbishop Warham (1504-1532),

" now belonging to New College, Oxford.

''' These Cups were much valued in those

" days, as they were believed to possess the
'' virtue of acting as detectors of poisonous

" food, changing colour when filled with