Wender·Vista
Kokand
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUzbekistan
in the Fergana Valley, east of Tashkent

Kokand

— — the city the khans left behind in plaster and tile.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“An old caravan city on the floor of the Fergana Valley, ringed by cotton fields and the low Tian Shan. The last capital of an independent Uzbek khanate before the Russians arrived in 1876. What remains is the Khudayar Khan palace, the Juma Mosque with its forty-eight wooden columns, and a slow afternoon light that turns the painted ceilings amber. — from the studio

from the studio
Kokand
— bring it home

Kokand, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Kokand

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Kokand sits on the western edge of the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan, about 230 kilometres southeast of Tashkent across the Kamchik Pass. From 1709 until 1876 it was the seat of the Khanate of Kokand, a Turkic state that at its height controlled much of the valley and reached north into present-day Kazakhstan. The Russian Empire annexed the city in 1876, ending the khanate. The Soviet-era Great Uzbek Highway and a branch of the Trans-Caspian Railway still meet here, and roughly 200,000 people live in the city today.

— the stone

Three buildings carry the city's memory. The Khudayar Khan Palace, completed in 1873 by the last khan, presents a tiled façade roughly seventy metres wide above a steep ramp; only a fraction of the original 113 rooms survive as a regional museum. The Juma (Friday) Mosque, finished around 1812, holds a long aivan supported by ninety-eight carved wooden columns under a painted ceiling. The Norbut-biy Madrasa, from the 1790s, is the oldest of the surviving madrasas and still teaches.

— the visit

Kokand is reached by a four-hour drive from Tashkent through the Kamchik Tunnel, or by domestic rail via Andijan. Summer in the valley is hot and dry, often above 35°C in July; spring and early autumn are gentler. The Khudayar Palace museum opens daily except Monday, with a small entrance fee. The city is the western anchor of the Fergana circuit that runs east through Rishtan's ceramics workshops to Margilan's silk ateliers and Andijan.

— where
Uzbekistan · Kokand, Fergana Region
— elevation
409 m · 1,342 ft
— position
40.5283° N · 70.9425° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
50 km E
Rishtan
ceramics town
75 km E
Margilan
silk-weaving city
88 km E
Fergana
regional capital
115 km E
Andijan
valley city
N
Kokand
Rishtan
Margilan
Fergana
Andijan
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Kokand — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Kokand sits in western Fergana Valley, about 230 kilometres southeast of Tashkent in eastern Uzbekistan. The Kamchik Pass and tunnel carry the main road in from the capital.

From 1709 to 1876 Kokand was the capital of an independent Uzbek khanate that controlled much of the Fergana Valley and reached into the steppe before being annexed by the Russian Empire.

It is the palace finished in 1873 for the last Kokand khan, with a tiled façade about seventy metres across. Only a portion of its 113 original rooms remain, now a regional museum.

The Juma Mosque, completed around 1812, has an aivan supported by ninety-eight carved wooden columns beneath a painted timber ceiling. It is one of the largest wooden-column mosques in Central Asia.

Spring (April–May) and early autumn (September–October) are mild and clear. Summer in the valley regularly exceeds 35°C, and winter brings cold mornings and grey skies.

By car the drive takes about four hours via the Kamchik Tunnel. Domestic trains also run east into the valley, usually changing at Andijan or Margilan to reach Kokand.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Kokand carries the memory of the valley's last khanate, and a Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio travels well to families with ties to Fergana, Margilan, or Andijan.

The piece sits comfortably in Silk-Road maximalist, jewel-tone traditional, and warm globally-collected rooms. The blue and amber palette also holds its own against deep walnut or natural plaster walls.

It fits the collected-global and warm-maximalist directions current in 2026: hand-finished surfaces, real provenance, and a non-Western architectural reference rather than another European cityscape.

Above a standard sofa a single Large reads from across the room. For a long console or above a bed, a four-tile Mural fills the wall, and a nine-tile Mural anchors a stairwell or dining room.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any vertical surface that meets steam or splashes. The Glossy is reserved for framed wall pieces away from direct water.

A soft microfibre cloth and clean water. Avoid abrasive sponges and ammonia-based sprays. The colour lives inside the ceramic surface, so the cloth only lifts dust and fingerprints.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is no licensing and no third-party catalogue; Reid Wender chooses each place that enters the atlas.

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