Proportion and Elegance in Earthenwares of Gohartape Ancient Region of Behshahr

The study of the earthenwares of Iran shows the people’s belief and introduce theirexchange of cultures and immigration. It’s evident that we should think profoundly aboutsome subcultures in Iranian peoples inorder to determine the visible and hidden aspectsof the earthenware.This paper introduces the earthenwares of Gohartape region of Behshahr (MazandaranProvince) that today is recorded as an ancient region in the organization of culturalheritage of the country.The study of archeology shows the ancientness of 7000 years civilization in this regionand clears the findings of metal to II iron periods (the middle of lunar second millenium).The earthwares have outstanding fineness, beauty and proportion and have beendetermined that their dimension and size consisted of golden ratios. The results showthat the beautiful earthenware unwantedly followed some rules of golden ratios. Some ofthe earthenware with the design of beak-like water shed that mainly are affected by beakor bill of fish-eating birds, have fine nodes and coordinate with and dimensions ofthe golden ratios.According to the result of archeologist’s researches, these earthenwares are applied inthe burial ceremonies of famous people. In addition, in designing of some earthenwares,the shape of their’s frames awarely is affected by the figures of the birds. The researchesalso show that some of the earthen works prpotions don’t have golden ratios or delicacyand fineness due to their aboundance production.