Modern Vases and Vessels
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Customizable Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Dancing Squares) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted hand-painted and hand-glazed glazed ceramic vase design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form painted with an array of hand-drawn and hand-pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Florero Plata Circular
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
German Silver Vase
Andrea Vargas Dieppa emerges as a figure of complexity and daring delicacy, possessing an unrivaled intuitive energy to craft her own cosmos through the body of w...
Category
2010s Colombian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Silver
Black Metallic Glazed Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Eclipse) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted glazed ceramic vase design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form with circular and triangular openings. This unique piece stands out for its e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Ettore Sottsass RSVP Centerpiece Mod. Indigo in Colored Glass
Located in Turin, Turin
Ettore Sottsass grew up in Turin, and graduated in architecture from the Turin Polytechnic in 1939. In 1947, he founded his own studio in Milan. In 1956, Sottsass moved to New York w...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Customizable Hand-crafted Ceramic Vase (Eclipse) by James Hicks
By James Hicks
Located in New York, NY
This meticulously crafted glazed ceramic vase design features a sleek modern rectangle hollow brick form with circular and triangular openings. This unique piece stands out for its e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Decorative Murano Glass Shell by Guido Ferro , Italy 1980's
Located in New York, NY
Decorative Murano Glass Shell by Guido Ferro. Textured outer
shell with colorful smooth surface to the inner shell.
Label Undeneath: Guido Ferro Collection Murano
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Black Marble Low Pedestal Cylinder
By Casa Mineral
Located in Mexico City, MX
Monterrey black marble carved cylinder. Handmade in Mexico by local craftsmen. Production time: 6-8 weeks for items without marble / 13-14 weeks for marble pieces. Shipping +10 addi...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
21st Century Blown Glass "Dafne Bottle"
By Andrea Barra
Located in Milano, IT
Yes, it's true, it's a bottle, a decanter,
but it is also an excuse to embellish the table,
a even if you only load it with water,
the "twisted" processing of the glass,
gives ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Blown Translucid Murano Glass Vase with Gold Glitters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Blown translucid Murano glass vase with gold glitters
Perfect condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Amber and Pink Murano Glass
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clessidra hourglass in grape and pink Murano glass by Paolo Venini and Riedizione. Limited edition in 99 art pieces each. Little grains of sand, im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Contemporary Bee Hand-Blown Glass Bottle
Located in Camisano Vicentino, IT
"Contemporary Bee Hand-Blown Glass Bottle" by Simone Crestani
Introducing the Bee Bottle, a stunning testament to artistry and nature's intricate beauty, m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Modern Alchemica Hand-Blown Glass Liquor Bottle
Located in Camisano Vicentino, IT
"Modern Alchemica Hand-Blown Glass Liquor Bottle" by Simone Crestani
Introducing the Alchemica Bottle, a mesmerizing fusion of art and functionality meticulously crafted by the visionary glass artist Simone Crestani. As a cherished addition to the illustrious Alchemica Collection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Curvy Studio Pottery Ikebana Triple Vase
Located in Vallejo, CA
A vintage studio pottery triple vase. Unique curvy shape with a beautiful purple, blue, and gray glaze. Perfect for making a sculptural ikebana floral arrangement.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Pottery
Vase Vessel Decorative Sculpture White Onyx Marble Hand-carved Italy
Located in Ancona, Marche
Luxurious small vase sculpted by hand from a solid block of white onyx.
Vase dimensions: D 13, H 22 cm. The polished finishing underlines the transparency of the onyx making this a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Onyx
Ukiyo Saucer, Concrete Hanging Planter by OPIARY (D11.5", H5.25")
By Robert Remer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Opiary is a Brooklyn-based biophilic design and production studio. We integrate nature in each of our designs, incorporating live greenery and organic shapes into bespoke furniture, planters, and sculpture. Through the ethos of biophilia, our work reflects the shifting, yet timeless relationship between humans and nature.
Ukiyo saucers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Cement
21st Century Karim Rashid Knight Vase Murano Glass Red and Black
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
21st century Karim Rashid Knight vase Murano glass various colors.
Color stands out in the Knight vase designed by Karim Rashid, displaying its playful undulating stripes of polychr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Karim Rashid Coppa Bowl Transparent Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
21st century Karim Rashid Coppa bowl transparent Murano glass various colors.
Designed by Karim Rashid, Coppa is a small glass container with round, sinuous, markedly colored shapes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
21st Century Karim Rashid Large Bowl Murano Glass Various Colors
Located in Brembate di Sopra (BG), IT
Kastle large bowl, Murano glass, by Karim Rashid, 21st century.
Karim Rashid has conceived for Purho a mini collection of bowls and vases characte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Contemporary Ceramic Cartoccio Texture Fide Yellow Vase
Located in Porcia, IT
Combining tradition with innovation, ceramist Paola Paronetto's handcrafted pieces are designed for those who love to surround themselves with refined and exclusive objects. Part of ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Tulipano Corteccia Texture Coral Vase
Located in Porcia, IT
Merging modern design with innovative artistic sensibility, this vase is a daring exercise in balance and visual harmony. Fashioned by artist Paola ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Cartocci Texture White and Gold Bowl #1
Located in Porcia, IT
Striking and stately, this bowl features dynamic horizontal and vertical ridges and a distinctive panel insert in gold, whose vibrant color and smooth surface elegantly contrast with...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Ceramic Ninfea Corteccia Texture White Tray
Located in Porcia, IT
This one-of-a-kind tray in white paper clay (clay enriched with cellulose and natural fibers) will infuse contemporary glamour and sculptural flair in any dècor. Sophisticated in its simplicity, this white tray...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Venini Monofiore Sapphire Blue Glass Vase by Laura de Santillana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Monofiori glass vase in sapphire by Laura de Santillana. “Monofiori” blown handmade glass with stoppers in various forms and colors. Item labelled as “02”, as shown in the ima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Gemme Short Glass Vase in Violet by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with shaped body and neck in violet designed in 2017. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in other colors on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Monofiore Carnevale Short Glass Vase in Aquamarine by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase with full body and thin funneled neck with textured hexagonal shaped pattern atop surface of glass in aquamarine. Featured in aquamarine colored glass and designed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Contemporary Octagon Narcissus Planter / Pot in Pink Rosa Perlino Terrazzo
By Tino Seubert
Located in London, GB
The pieces follow the Narcissus vases in Rosa Perlino and Rosso Levanto shown at David Gill Gallery in November 2017 and are made from these two traditional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel
Murano Glass Centerpiece Organic Shape
Located in Murano, VE
Discover Oculus, a mesmerizing blown glass plate boasting an organic, casual shape. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, each piece is a testament to the artistry of glassmak...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Blue Ball Glass Vase by Birgitta Watz for Lindshammar, 1995
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rocking globe-shaped cobalt blue glass vase designed by Birgitta Watz in 1995 and manufactured by Lindshammar in Sweden. Standing on a plane surface th...
Category
1990s Swedish Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
New Modern Tokkuri in Green Guatemala Marble, creator Michele Chiossi
Located in Milan, IT
Tokkuri in Green Guatemala Marble.
Size: 6.5 x 13 cm, smooth finishing. Commercial name: Kadomatsu Tokkuri, Jap Vegetation collection by Michele Chiossi, Sculptor born in Tuscany. M...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Marble
Seletti "Love in Bloom" Porcelain Heart Vase
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Seletti 'Hybrid-Adelma' Vase in Porcelain
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Miniature Bud Vase 2, Made from Brass and Patinated Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these delicately, handcrafted bud vases is perfect as an individual home accessory or whimsical series. Made of brass and hand tarnished, each bud vase has its own unique for...
Category
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Miniature Bud Vase 3, Made from Brass and Patinated Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these delicately, handcrafted bud vases is perfect as an individual home accessory or whimsical series. Made of brass and hand tarnished, each bud vase has its own unique for...
Category
2010s American Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Brass
Small Contemporary Art Glass Vase by Martin Postch , Germany 2022
Located in New York, NY
Small decorative art glass vase by German artist Martin Postch.
Clear glass, pink glass and amber glass. Signed with etched signature underneath.
Category
2010s German Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Murine Murano Art Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
Decorative murine Murano art glass vase.
Cased glass in brown with wrap around
multi colored band . Signed underneath.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Rosenthal Crystal Vase
By Rosenthal
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Rosenthal Crystal Flower Vase. It depicts a wide tall cylindrical vase decorated around with a cluster of flowers shaped as trumpets and painted white with gold borders. Be...
Category
20th Century German Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Monumental Ruby Red Italian Murano Art Glass Vase by Venini
Located in Atlanta, GA
This spectacular and beautiful hand-blown Italian Art glass vase was designed by Venini, Murano. The extra tall sculptural amphora shape has scalloped "fazzoletto" edges, an iconic d...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass, Glass
Vaso in ceramica Liverani Faenza
Located in Lugo, IT
Vaso in ceramica, produzione Liverani Faenza.
Buone condizioni.
Grazie
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Plate Embossed Tall Tumbler Vase, Italy 1980s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely tall silver plate vase crafted by the Italian silversmith designer B.F. The design features a streamlined tumbler geometric shape with a light embossed hammered pattern. The...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
1980s Alfredo Barbini Modernist Scavo Murano Glass Square Bottle Vase
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Modernist Yellow Scavo Murano Glass Bottle by Alfredo Barbini is a stunning example of contemporary glass artistry, marrying innovation with tradition in the renowned Murano gla...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Art Glass Centerpiece, Michele De Lucchi for Cleto Munari , 1991
Located in New York, NY
Italian Art Glass Centerpiece by Michele De Lucchi for Cleto Munari.
Purple, black and red glass. With label and etched signature.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
FOURTEEN CRYSTAL PIECES "SAINT-LOUIS" 20th Century
By Saint Louis
Located in Madrid, ES
FOURTEEN CRYSTAL PIECES "SAINT-LOUIS" 20th Century
French ,
in molded and cut crystal.
Decoration engraved in gold, with plant motifs,
consisting of 1 fruit bowl,
2 bottles with lids...
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Textured Medium Vase, Cream, White, Brown and Black Lava Glaze and Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This medium heavily textured volcanic bottle shaped vessel with black and white glaze and markings. Made from black textured stoneware clay and porcelain engobe with the addition of ...
Category
2010s British Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Volume 1 Vase by Milan Pekař
By Milan Pekar
Located in Geneve, CH
Volume 1 vase by Milan Pekar
Dimensions: D11 x H15 cm
Materials: Glaze, porcelain
Handmade in the Czech Republic.
Also available: Different colors and patterns
Established own st...
Category
2010s Czech Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Green and White Peking Glass Vase - Pair
Located in Countryside, IL
Antique Chinese Green and White Peking Glass Vase - Pair
Each vase measures: 5.75 wide x 5.75 deep x 11.75 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show as...
Category
Early 2000s Chinese Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Fog Vase 01 in Alabaster
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Fog is a research path on alabaster with the aim of investigate new approaches to stone processing enhancing fully its characteristics. Handcrafted by skilled artisans from Volterra,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Alabaster
Fog Vase 02 in Alabaster
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Fog is a research path on alabaster with the aim of investigate new approaches to stone processing enhancing fully its characteristics. Handcrafted by skilled artisans from Volterra,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Alabaster
Pair Georg Jensen Alfredo Vases Made in Denmark
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly sculptural pair of polished stainless steel vases by Georg Jensen. This pair stands alone by themselves with their beauty. The substantial height combined with the chrom...
Category
Early 2000s Danish Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Fog Vase 03 in Alabaster
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Fog is a research path on alabaster with the aim of investigate new approaches to stone processing enhancing fully its characteristics. Handcrafted by skilled artisans from Volterra,...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Alabaster
Chanel N5 Huge Store Display Perfume Bottle Advertising, France, 20th Century
By Chanel
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Store display large perfume advertising. (factice / dummy perfume bottle, it's not perfume, it's colored water). Perfect to decorate a guest bathro...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Horst Kerstan West German Studio Pottery Tenmoku Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Horst Kerstan (German, 1941-2005) was a leading ceramicist in West Germany in the latter part of the Twentieth Century. Inspired by Chinese ceramic traditions he brought a rigour to ...
Category
1970s German Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Kjell Bolinder Swedish Manganese Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Kjell Bolinder (Swedish, b.1942) was born in the Hoganas area in the south of Sweden and comes from a long line of ceramicists dating back to 1830. He started his own pottery at Hoga...
Category
1990s Swedish Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Stoneware
Murano, Italy. Art glass vase with a slender neck. Blue and purple glass.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Murano, Italy. Art glass vase with a slender neck.
Blue and purple glass.
Approximately 1970.
Label.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 27.0 cm x W 9.0 cm x D 5.0 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Murano 'Canne' Glass Vaporizer, Perfume Bottle and Powder Boxes Set by La Fenice
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 20th century Italian Murano 'canne' glass vanity set: vaporizer, perfume bottle and two powder boxes by La Fenice
By: Vetreria Artistica La Venice
Material: glass, art glass, M...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Metal
Italian Art Glass Murano Vase Gold Flakes and Bubbles by Gambaro & Poggi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gambaro & Poggi, Murano, handcrafted this beautiful blown Italian Art glass vase. The tall sculptural tulip shape has infused gold flakes inclusions and the "bollicine" technique (in...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Vaso in resina Gaetano Pesce
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Blue resin vase designed by Gaetano Pesce and produced by Fish Design Model Nugget
Marchiato alla base, con certificato di autenticità.
Measurements: diameter 18 cm, height 27 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Resin
A Wonderful Baccarat Cobalt Blue Crystal Oceanie Vase Modern French
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful crystal Oceanie cobalt blue collar vase designed by the French artist Thomas Bastide (born 1954) for Baccarat. Made in France, the vase features a cylindrical barrel stop...
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Wonderful Large French Cut Crystal Baccarat Edith Mid-Century Modern Chunky Vase
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French cut crystal Mid-Century Modern design panel / chunky vase by Baccarat, in the Edith pattern.
Stamped on the bottom
Category
20th Century French Modern Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
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