Since the existence of mankind on earth, imagery had an important role in creating art. And the figure was one of the main expressions for realizing the imagery. Since ancient times until now ceramic is a material for  main activities of life, like production of everyday life goods, religions, artistic expression. Ceramic which was discovered in Neolithic Period is an important material that mankind used for artistic expression. It has played a great role in formation of civilization, culture and art.  Ceramic figures which were produced starting from the discovery of this material until today evoluted and developed technically and expressionally. At this stage of mentioned evolution (today) the ancient pieces are references for some of the contemporary artists. Some of the contemporary artists who live in the same physical geography of these ancient civilizations and make figurative artwork have the traces of ancient ceramic figures in their work.

This paper includes the evaluation of the ancient ceramic figures from the different civilizations and the figurative artworks of the contemporary ceramic artists who live in the same physical geography and/or has that geography’s cultural background. Ancient figures were commonly found in Anatolia, Egypt, Near and Far East and Europe. Chosen samples of these figures are evaluated together with  the chosen contemporary artists’ figurative work.  Such an evaluation gives the opportunity to understand the effects and traces of the ancient figures on  contemporary ceramic art.