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+Celadon is a type of porcelain, whose European name refers to its jade-like color. The Chinese name for this type of pottery is 青瓷, which means blue-green ceramic. The earliest examples of celadon pottery date from the first century AD. Celadon was first brought to Europe by the Dutch East India Company in the 16th and 17th centuries. In order to increase sales, as the ceramics were very expensive to bring to Europe from China, the Dutch made up fantastical properties of the ceramics, for example that celadon would change color or break in the presence of poison.