Pottery in the Zandi and Qajar periods
After the extinction of the Safavid rule of European art and civilization and the western and eastern world, many changes took place in the artistic style of ancient and eastern countries, including Iran, and the creation of various arts did not continue in the past. We are not aware of how the Zandi, Afshari and Qajar periods can be defined in such a way that different methods and styles can be determined for it. After the Afghan invasion and the extinction of the Safavid dynasty, most pottery workshops continued to operate.
Among the types of pottery that were made during this period, we should mention blue and white pottery and white pottery. With the change of the capital from Isfahan to Shiraz during the Zandieh period and then to Mashhad during the Afshari period and finally to Tehran during the Qajar period, important and active pottery centers were also transferred to these cities.
Among the pottery workshops, we should mention the workshops of Isfahan, where making blue and white pottery, painting under glaze and colorful were common and common in that city.
During this period, the manufacture of a new type of pottery became common in various cities, including Nain, by painting and decorating blue-black water and latticework with clear glaze. With the beginning of the present century, the Iranian pottery industry has been forgotten due to the increasing number of European pottery products in the Far East and its prevalence in the world markets.
However, with its great contribution to the establishment of world culture and civilization, Iran has continued the artistic traditions for many centuries and has always been a pioneer in the creation of works of art, including pottery.
In modern times, the art of pottery continues on the shores of the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea with various characteristics, and it seems that in this regard, most of all the different designs of pottery, which is rooted in pottery artists of past centuries.
