ARTIFACTS REFLECTING THE TRADITIONS OF PRODUCING GLAZED CERAMICS FROM THE KUTAISI HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Abstract

The article discusses the pottery artifacts preserved in the archeology fund of the Kutaisi State Historical Museum, which are important for clarifying the traditions of making glazed ceramics. The aim of the work is to understand the history of the production of glazed ceramics in the territory of old city Kutaisi through the study and analysis of the remains of medieval ceramic workshops and glass artifacts. The research base was represented by the materials obtained during the archaeological expeditions headed by prof. Omar Lanchava, conducted in the territory of old city in 1984-2010 years: the remains of a ceramic workshop, pottery furnace, a stone ceramic processing machine tool, various items representing the production of ceramics, fragments of glazed ceramics, etc. As a result of the analysis of the mentioned materials and determination of stratigraphic data, it can be concluded that a ceramic workshop functioned in the VIII-XI centuries in the territory of former city of Kutaisi and produced both glazed ceramic vessels and building ceramics. The research is important from the point of view of bringing
the Kutaisi collection of ceramics into scientific circulation and for determining the socio-economic and cultural life of Kutaisi city.