In Uzbekistan ceramics hold a prominent place
among the numerous forms of popular applied art
There are two kinds of decorative ceramics of Uzbekistan: kilned unglazed
terracotta and glazed ceramics. In the course of the last 110-150 years
ceramics has centered in Gizhduvan, Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Tashkent, Rishtan.
The earthenware made and these parts may be divided into two groups of
coloring: blue-white-green and green-brown-yellow. Adherence to this
specific coloring is accounted for, to a great extent, by the method of
handling the materials.
In the Fergana Valley and Horezm were ishkor alkaline glaze is used,
blue-white-green colors are predominant because yellow and reed colors
decompose under the influence of ishkor glaze, while blue and green colors
produce beautiful bright and delicate shades. Of invariable beauty are all
shades of the yellow-red-brown color combination in Samarkand, Buhara and
Tashkent, where lead glaze is applied.
