Samarkand
Ceramic Shop Sam is an independent Samarkand ceramic shop presenting locally made pottery.
Best for Locally made Samarkand pottery
Ceramics of Uzbekistan
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Locally made pottery is the focus at Ceramic Shop Sam, an independent ceramic shop based in Samarkand. Happy Bird Gallery sells ceramics alongside suzani and vintage-fabric clothing, bringing several forms of Uzbek applied arts into the gallery-store. Elena Ladik founded that gallery in 2005, and its clothing production remains limited to around fifty or sixty outfits annually. Samarkand's Vostochka Sam brings designer ceramics together with locally made leather accessories and stone jewellery from Uzbek makers.
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A gallery-store selling designer chapanas, vintage-fabric clothing, suzani, carpets, ceramics, jewelry, paintings, figurines, and other Uzbek applied arts. Elena Ladik founded the gallery; it produces only about 50 to 60 outfits each year. Established 2005.
Best for Gallery-store selling designer chapanas, vintage-fabric clothing, suzani, carpets, ceramics, jewelry, paintings, figurines
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Vostochka Sam is a Samarkand concept shop bringing together locally made fashion, leather accessories, designer ceramics, stone jewellery, cosmetics, toys and gifts from Uzbek makers.
Best for Uzbek designer ceramics, leather goods, jewellery and locally made gifts
Tashkent
Tashkent ceramics store at Chorsu market showcasing Rishtan-tradition potters - including Ismoiljon Komilov and the Mamazhonov, Azizov and Yunusov family workshops - working in the centuries-old ishkor-blue glaze technique.
Best for Rishtan-tradition ceramics from Tashkent
Art Miras is a ceramics shop in Tashkent, located at the Chorsu market complex, that curates and sells work by potters from Rishtan, a town on the historic Silk Road in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley long associated with ceramic craftsmanship. Named makers whose work the store carries include Ismoiljon Komilov, Mavsumjon and Shakhboz Mamazhonov, brothers Vahobjon and Odiljon Azizov, and brothers Bekzod and Bunyod Yunusov. Rishtan ceramics are distinguished by a glaze technique using local mineral ingredients, producing the region's signature blue and green tones, most notably an 'ishkor' blue made using minerals found only in that area; potters in the tradition have worked the craft for close to 800 years.
Tashkent City Mall
Run by ceramicist Djurayev Gayrat, who has practiced pottery for about 15 years; sells Uzbek ceramics in the Rishtan tradition, including ishkor-glazed vases and botanical-motif plates, from a shop inside Tashkent City park.
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Bright Gallery in Tashkent is run by the ceramicist Djurayev Gayrat, who has worked in pottery for around 15 years. Its stock centers on Uzbek applied art, particularly ceramics made in the Rishtan tradition, a centuries-old pottery style from the Fergana Valley town of Rishtan known for its blue-and-white glazed ware. Pieces include decorative plates with botanical motifs and vases with traditional patterns, finished with ishkor glaze, a glassy glaze traditionally made from the ash of local desert plants rather than commercial lead-based alternatives. The gallery frames its mission as preserving and developing Uzbekistan's craft heritage, and its makers' work is also shown in tourist centers across several regions of the country. The shop sits inside Tashkent City park, across from Tashkent City Mall, rather than inside the mall itself.
Mirobod, Tashkent
A gallery-store selling Central Asian textiles, ceramics, jewelry, clothing, accessories, and home goods made by regional craftspeople. The shop represents work by more than 260 makers from across Central Asia.
Best for Central Asian textiles, ceramics, and jewelry from more than 260 regional makers
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A multigenerational family ceramics studio and gallery. The opened artisan profile gives its Tashkent address.
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A cultural hub with clothing, ceramics, jewelry, art and gifts. The official profile names the Tashkent address and retail categories.
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