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Gijduvan Ceramics Museum (Narzullaev Workshop)

Home workshop and museum of the Narzullaev family, sixth-generation potters of the Gijduvan school, where you can watch the work and buy pieces.

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About the place

The Narzullaev family have been potters in Gijduvan for six generations, and their house at 24 Kimsan Street works as both a workshop and a small museum of the local ceramics school. The master today is Abdullo Narzullaev. Gijduvan ware is one of the best-known ceramic schools in Uzbekistan.

You can follow the whole process, from preparing the clay and throwing on the wheel to painting and firing; the kilns here have been fired with wood, oil or natural gas. Plates and bowls in the warm brown, yellow and green tones of Gijduvan are for sale. Allow about an hour.

Why go

  • Six generations of potters
  • Watch throwing, painting and firing
  • Buy direct from the family

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