influences of construction and decoration methods of Safavid potteries & ceramics on the Qajar same samples

Research on the Iranian Potteries In addition to familiarity with the culture of rules over this land reveals thecontinuing effects of this art in different periods. The Methods of construction and decoration, especially the motifs as the main decorative elements of pottery, are the most visible documents of influences continuation in these objects. In this article compares Qajar ceramics with ones of Safavid and the influences of construction, decoration, design, and motif of Safavid samples are surveyed on same Qajar objects. Result shows that among types of ceramics which produced in Safavid, methods of construction and decoration of the blue –white pottery, pottery that painted in black under a turquoise glaze (type of kubachi wares), luster ware, and Gambroon pottery were continuing in Qajar that their accepted influences are obvious in form, colour, design, and motif. But among all kinds of produced ceramics of Qajar, there are a group of polychrome wares that have been manufactured in high levels. Although construction style of this group have not much changed but their motifs, color and design style are different with Safavid samples and showsspecial style of Qajar art. However among design and motif of some samples of these polychrome ceramics which produced in Revived period there are subjects that have been inspired from Safavid history. Enameled porcelains inspired from Chinese imported samples is one of the other these period ceramic productions that had not been produced in Safavid. Also potteries imitated from Iznik samples for europeancollectioners are one of the other groups of special productions in this period. The compilation of this article is descriptive, analytical, and comparative and has been extracted from library and in a practical way.