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What belief about poison was associated with Longquan celadon dishes?
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Chinese pottery
Painted Pottery funerary urn, Neolithic Banshan phase, c. 3000 bce, from Yangshao, Henan province, China; in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm. Height 13.2 inches (33.5 cm).
In the context of Chinese pottery, Longquan celadon dishes were highly popular in part due to a widespread superstition. It was believed that if poisoned food were placed into a celadon dish, the vessel would either break or change color.12