Kubachi ware

[1] Nishapur, Tabriz, Mashhad, and Isfahan have all been put forth as possible places of origin for Kubachi ware.

[4][5] This is unsurprising given that Tabriz, one of the manufacturing centers of Kubachi ware, was located along trade routes with the Ottomans and was invaded by them several times.

Starting in the 1870s, many of these ceramic pieces were bought by collectors from Europe and North America and later donated to large museums.

The earliest outside visitors to Kubachi assumed the works to be made locally, but this view was quickly discredited.

[1] Several competing theories about their place of origin have since been put forth; it has been suggested that the works are actually the products of multiple cities' workshops.