A Study on the Impact of Iran-China Trade Relations in the Abbasid Period on the Art of Iran (Case Study: Neyshabur potteries)

Having Neishabur on one of the Silk Road highways established the connection of this area with other cultures. As Neishabour's artistic products, on the one hand (in terms of technical aspect), were influenced by the East, especially China, and on the other hand, in terms of its decorative forms and ideas, it was dependent on the Islamic caliphate capitals. This research has been conducted in a comparative approach with the aim of identifying the shapes of Neishabur's influences during the Abbasid era from potteries and ceramics of its time in China. Accordingly, and assuming the influence of Neishabur's pottery's effects on imported products from China (in particular the Changsha region as the major center for producing and exporting glazed ceramics at that time), the glazed products of these two regions are based on four variables of shape, technique, application and decoration have been compared. The results of this research indicate that the products of these two regions have technical and functional similarities, and the major differences between them should be sought in the type and quality of decorations in Neishabur products. The main reason for this is first, the differences between the visual patterns in the culture of the two regions and the differentiation of production methods according to the objectives of the producers of the two regions.