Millennium BC in the ancient Iran, the artist man, creating works in his transition from naturalism to abstraction and tried using what's happening in his life, reach a kind of pictorial and abstract visual expression As if this abstract expression has especial visual rules and sensitivities. One example of this tendency can be sought in ancient Iranian earthenware designs. This course of study designs and the movement toward abstraction, represent the thoughts, beliefs and values ​​and criteria contained in the works .The results showed that the ancient Iranian pottery designs in their development and transformation gradually takes away from the creation of designs And instead of addressing the details of nature, travels through the abstraction. This search and attitude towards abstraction in Ancient Iranian pottery decoration have some similarity with the works of the west contemporary painters, especially Op art artists; an attitude, which in the years 1960 to 1970 with the title of visual painting or retina, pays attention to some abstractionism based on arranging geometrical figures with emphasis on visual effects and look motion through the work area. This research was done in descriptive analytic approach and data collection was done in library method.