OUR COLLECTION — ASIA — THAILAND 500. COBALT NATIVITY
This ten-piece Nativity set was handcrafted in Northern Thailand at the Mengrai Kilns in Chiang Mai. The fired stoneware figures are finished in a cobalt blue glaze. The customary green Celadon glaze is obtained from a glaze made of silt from a rice field and wood ash from a particular tree, but this cobalt blue glaze is obtained by using other kinds of ash (i.e. rice stalk, bean stalk, or bamboo).This set includes Joseph, Mary holding baby Jesus, a kneeling angel, two shepherds holding sheep, a sitting sheep, a donkey, and 3 kings. The Joseph figure measures 5.5 inches tall.
Celadon is a high-temperature fired stoneware with a subtle random crackle surface. The glaze is composed of silt from a rice paddy field and wood ash. The pieces are fired in a green celadon color in a reduction process at a temperature between 1,260 and 1,300 degrees Celsius. The process is thought to have originated about 2000 years ago in China and is a specialty of Northern Thailand. The traditional process continues today. It is a manmade attempt to duplicate opaque jade, since jade is strong and beautiful, and tradition suggests it brings the owner good luck and success.
Celadon is a high-temperature fired stoneware with a subtle random crackle surface. The glaze is composed of silt from a rice paddy field and wood ash. The pieces are fired in a green celadon color in a reduction process at a temperature between 1,260 and 1,300 degrees Celsius. The process is thought to have originated about 2000 years ago in China and is a specialty of Northern Thailand. The traditional process continues today. It is a manmade attempt to duplicate opaque jade, since jade is strong and beautiful, and tradition suggests it brings the owner good luck and success.