Pottery

As part of an extensive array of antiquities from India and the Islamic world, Bonhams has announced a fine and rare İznik pottery tile as one of the highlights of its upcoming sale to be held in London on Oct. 18. 

The renowned Terracotta Warriors of China could possibly have been inspired from ancient Greece, while Greek sculptors, who came into contact with Chinese artists in the 3rd century BC, might have passed on their knowledge to the local artists.

The fishing boat “Panagia M” on Thursday found 21 ancient amphorae while fishing in waters northwest of Mourtzouflos cape on the Greek island of Limnos.

The finds were of various sizes, ranging in height from 15 to 80 cm. The fishing boat’s captain handed the amphorae over to the Myrina harbour authority, where the fishing boat is registered.

The secret of coralline and turquoise colors in ?znik?s famous tiles has yet to be discovered, but works have started on historical kilns aimed at researching their origin This year?s archaeological excavations have started in the 600-year-old kilns found in the town of ?znik in the northwestern province of Bursa.  

Four kilns and a water well from the Roman period have been discovered in the town of Pavlikeni, in northern Bulgaria.

The four ovens for baking pottery are just like the more than 50 furnaces in the ancient Roman ceramic factory located in a Roman military veteran's villa outside the modern-day town in the 1970s, according to Bulgarian media reports.

A research assistant at the Department of Archaeology in the Faculty of Letters at ?zmir's Aegean University has conducted studies on the reproduction of ancient Urartian red polished pottery, a kind of Urartian ceramic that looked like metallic potteries and were distinctive in color, surface treatment and firing. 

A man from Bulgaria's Ruse boasts a huge teapot collection and is even considering attempting to enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

According to an old Bulgarian tradition, everyone should buy a new clay pot for their house on Good Friday.

The folklore tradition has not been forgotten even in the capital, where thousands of people were spotted shopping for the clay items of their choice, BGNES reported.

Pablo Picasso’s pottery artworks are being auctioned off by Sotheby’s in London, March 18. Vases, plates, bowls and others, numbering more than 100 pieces of art, all hand-crafted and painted by the Spanish painter will be auctioned for prices ranging between 2,000 and 30,000 UK pounds.

The world's first and only underground ceramic museum was opened last year in Turkey's Cappadocia region by a family engaged in the ceramic business for five generations The Cappadocia Underground Ceramic Museum (Güray Museum) is considered the world's first rock-carved underground ceramic museum and is a highly popular spot in the Avanos district in the central Anatolian province of Nev