Palestinian Pottery
The workshop on Nablus Road, 2026 | |
| Armenian Ceramics – Balian | |
| Type | Family-owned workshop |
| Industry | Ceramics |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Founders | Neshan Balian Sr., Mgrditch Karakashian |
| Headquarters | Nablus Road, East Jerusalem |
| Key people | Neshan Balian (director) |
| Products | Hand-painted tiles, tile murals, pottery |
The Palestinian Pottery (today trading as Armenian Ceramics – Balian) is an Armenian ceramics workshop on Nablus Road in East Jerusalem. It was founded in 1922 by the potter Neshan Balian Sr. and the painter Mgrditch Karakashian, two of the Kütahya craftsmen brought to Jerusalem in 1919 by David Ohannessian to restore the tiles of the Dome of the Rock. Run by the Balian family for four generations, it is one of the oldest ceramics workshops in the city, and was the studio of the muralist Marie Balian.