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Kiln/Workshop: Palestine Pottery//Jerusalem Pottery

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Name, Location, Date, Shapes Made

Name:

Palestine Pottery//Jerusalem Pottery

Date BCE/CE:

20th c. CE

Period:

Early modern/modern

Site:

Jerusalem, Old City/East Jerusalem

Country/Region:

Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands

Shapes Made:

Bowl, Bowl, deep, Lid, Platter/dish, and Tile

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General Information

Established in Jerusalem by Neshan Balian and Megerditch Kirakoshian in 1922. Produced various decorative vessels and tiles during the British Mandate and Jordanian rule, since 1948 - under the name "Jerusalem Pottery".

Today known as the "Jerusalem Pottery" enterprise on Nablus Road, belongs to the Balian family.

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Related Images (e.g., group shots, clay deposits, kiln images, etc.)

Marie Balian's Workshop, East Jerusalem, Israel, 2013.

Sandrouni Armenian Ceramics, the Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem, 2009.

Vessels 14

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Givati Parking Lot, A6691, B.100218

Bowl

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel/Silwan

1960-1967

Early modern/modern

Givati Parking Lot, A6987, B.104211

Bowl

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel/Silwan

1960-1967

Early modern/modern

Givati Parking Lot, A6691, B.111995

Bowl, deep

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel/Silwan

1960-1967

Early modern/modern

Givati Parking Lot, A6691, B.104275

Bowl

Jerusalem, City of David/Ophel/Silwan

1960-1967

Early modern/modern

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Associated Wares/Ware Families/Style

Armenian Painted Ware/Jerusalem

Date BCE/CE:

early 20th century to present

Period:

Early modern/modern

Associated Petro-fabrics

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Bibliography

Olenik, Y.. The Armenian Pottery of Jerusalem, Exhibition Catalogue.. Tel Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 1986
Knaan-Kedar, N.. The Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem, Three Generations, 1919–2003. . Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Yad Ben-Zvi and Eretz Israel Museum, 2002

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

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