[an error occurred while processing this directive]
The ceramics depicted here were made by David Ohannessian (1884-1953), who is conside red the father of Armenian pottery in Jerusalem. He was born in Kütahya, Turkey, where he and other Armenian artists practiced a tradition of ceramic making dating back to at least 1500. In 1919 he resettled in Jerusalem where he founded the Dome of the Rock tile workshop. David Ohannessian was Sato Moughalian’s grandfather.