Documentation of Polychrome Slip-painted Potteries with White Background(Case study: Mostazafan Foundation Museum of Tehran)*

One of the most important data in archeology is the clay objects that have suitable durability and sustainability.Clay objects with their unique characteristics are culturally considered highly valued and play an important rolein introducing the culture and art of society. In this regard, we introduce six samples of colorful slip-painted potteryon white background, which are kept in the treasury of the Museum of the Mostazafan Foundation in Tehranand have been obtained from non-scientific excavations.In different museums and collections around the world,there are samples of colorful slip-painted pottery on white background some of which have birth certificate andsome of them have not been studied so far. In this research, first a documenting approach (technical drawing andphotographing) was done, then slip-painted pottery on white background which are located in the treasury ofthe Mostazafan Foundation in Tehran were adapted with samples which have birth certificate. The data were collectedthrough a library-based approach and by referring to the site of museums through a descriptive-comparativemethod.The purpose of this study is to introduce, document, chronologize, and identify the probable centers ofcreating these containers and answering this essential question that: When and where are the possible dates andplaces of making of these pottery? Using comparison and chronology, it was concluded that the studied potteryhas been probably produced in north (Sari) and northeast (Neyshabour and Samarghand) of Iran during the thirdto fifth centuries.