The Narzullaev family has been making pottery using traditional methods for three centuries. In Gijduvan - one of the oldest pottery centres in Uzbekistan -traditional patterns are a cross section of the Persian, Arabic, Chinese and Indian pottery that came across the Silk Road. Said to represent the colours of water, sun, sky and earth, Gijduvan potters use the green-brown ground of the pieces to “speak” the natural colours of the region in the language of art. Aside from their production centre, Abdulloh Narzullaev and his family together own the most comprehensive collection of Uzbek pottery in the country. Abdolloh’s son Akmaljon specializes in reproductions of ceramics from the Samanid period (IX-XV century) and his daughter Dilnoza specializes in traditional clay whistles or “Adjuba” which date back to the Zoroastrian era.