Bidspirit auction | Armenian Pottery Plate - Tree

Armenian Pottery Plate - Tree of Life - Jerusalem - Armenian ceramic plate decorated with the tree of life. Painted and glazed clay. Marked at the bottom with the signature of the Balian workshop. Jerusalem, Jordan, circa the mid 20th century. The Armenian pottery workshop in Jerusalem was founded in 1919, at the end of WWI, when the British invited the iznik master potter David Ohannessian to help with the restoration of the tiles of the Dome of the rock mosque in Jerusalem. The workshop produced ceramics in the traditional Iznik style. Diameter: approximately 23 cm. Good condition, wear. * All lots in this auction are located in South Carolina.