Recent archaeological excavations at Ganj-j-Dareh in the
area of Kermanshah have vertified the fact that the oldest examples of ceramics
in Iran go back to the 8th millennium Bc, Glass has been made for over four
thousand years. It is thought to have been first produced in Western, Asia.Initially
as a glazefrom somewhere in the 3rd millennium Bc.It began to be produced
as an in dependent substance.It was not until the late 16 th and 15th centuries
Bc. That its use as vessels appears.We have evidence of a glass industry
in the region of ancient Elam which flourished in the 13th century Bc. Archaeologists
have uncovered many small glass tubes made of coiled black and white opaque
glass. These latter were probably used as window grills .