An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c16.s25.1

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This earthenware characteristic of the Sung (960-1279) and Yüan (1280-1368) dynasties and Chekiang province of China found its way through trade routes to Quilon (Malabar Coast), Gujarat, Cambay and Malwa in India as also to Ceylon, Iran and Burma. In India it came to be known as the Ghorī ware, probably from the town of Ghūr in Afghanistan. It is generally believed that the name ‘celadon’ originates from the character of a shepherd boy in a 17th-century French play; but it has also been thought that it is named after Saladin of Egypt (1138-93) who sent some pieces of the ware to Nur-ud-din, Sultan of Damascus.